In "calm" seasons, even basic solutions can yield acceptable results. But challenging years – with humid weather, stress for plants, and compromised feed storage conditions – quickly reveal the limitations of classic adsorbents. It is then that the mycotoxin problem reaches a new level.
When a single toxin is already a rarity
Many traditional adsorbents, particularly clay minerals, demonstrate high efficiency only against specific groups of mycotoxins and at relatively low levels of feed contamination. Under such conditions, their application can yield acceptable results.
However, in real production conditions, feeds contain a combination of different mycotoxins. The simultaneous presence of several compounds – aflatoxins, fumonisins, zearalenone, and others – creates a more complex toxic load that simple adsorbents are not always capable of effectively handling.
pH matters
Another weak link of many classic adsorbents (primarily clay minerals) is instability in various environments. The pH level in the gastrointestinal tract varies depending on the animal species, diet, and even physiological state.
Simple adsorbents have an optimal range of efficiency within a limited acidity range. As a result, some mycotoxins can be released and continue to affect the body – despite the adsorbent formally being present in the diet.
This effect is especially noticeable in young animals or animals under stress: toxins penetrate the blood faster, and even a small portion that passes through the adsorbent can reduce immunity and productivity.
"Added – but saw no result"
One of the most common mistakes is the belief that the mere fact of adding an adsorbent automatically solves the problem. However, when productivity does not increase, immunity weakens, and indicators remain unstable, doubt arises about the very idea of protection.
In reality, the problem is not in the approach, but in the tool that does not match the level of risk.
When technologies, not compromises, are needed
It is precisely during challenging years that technological solutions capable of working with multiple mycotoxins simultaneously and maintaining effectiveness in various gastrointestinal conditions – such as UniXorb – are needed. This is a necessary element of farm stability.
When the risk is at its maximum, simple solutions stop working. And it is then that investment in modern technologies becomes not an expense, but a safeguard for the result.
