Researchers at Virginia Tech and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) have developed a strategy that reduces barley toxins that are sometimes present in distiller grains used for animal feed. The strategy modifies the ethanol fermentation process and focuses on deoxynivalenol (DON), the most common barley mycotoxin. Researcher Piyum Khatibi, doctoral student at Virginia Tech, said "the team decided to see if the toxin could be modified to a less toxic product during fermentation". Read more ...
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