Mycotoxins (from Greek ‘mycos’) form a distinct group
of secondary metabolites produced by fungi imperfecti
(Fink-Gremmels, 2008a). These low molecular weight
natural contaminants thus constitute a toxigenically and
chemically heterogeneous group, producing a wide variety
of injurious effects in animals (Marquardt, 1996), and
presenting interspecies and sometimes individual variations
in toxic endpoints. Often times most factors
contributing to the presence or production of mycotoxins
in foods or feeds including storage, environmental, and
ecological conditions are beyond human control (Hussein
and Brasel, 2001). Mycotoxins should never be underestimated
or neglected due to the unpredictability of
climatic and environmental conditions and the inability of
most agricultural systems to face and manage mycotoxin
prevention or contamination