BASF launches Novasil Plus
BASF has launched Novasil™ Plus, a feed additive for achieving better and safer animal nutrition. As of January 2013 this product is available from BASF. Novasil Plus can be used in two ways, depending on its registration status in each country: as an anticaking agent for enhancing the flow properties of feed or feed ingredients, or for specifically binding aflatoxins, which are the deadliest mycotoxins. Aflatoxins can occur in all grains, posing huge risks to animal health.
Aflatoxins: Huge Health Risks for Animals
Aflatoxins, which are produced by several species of the Aspergillus mold, can occur under certain temperature, moisture, and nutrient availability conditions both before and after crops are harvested. Contamination of grains with aflatoxins is usually particularly high during warm, humid weather conditions or after drought, as well as in subtropical regions. If animals ingest grain contaminated with aflatoxins, this can negatively impact their health with effects ranging from a weakened immune system to severe liver damage or even death. Metabolites of aflatoxins can also find their way into the human nutrition chain via milk, eggs, and meat.
Novasil Plus, which is to add to feed, binds aflatoxins during the digestive process, which makes them largely unavailable for absorption by the animal the binding activity of Novasil Plus is independent of the pH value in the gut. It does not bind nutrients, thus preserving the nutritional value of feed.
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