How Animal Seed Practices Affect Dairy

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Dr. A. Morrie Craig, a veterinary toxicologist and researcher, has spent many years studying the effects of GRASS seed practices on both animals. Dr. Morrie Craig’s research has been very important in uncovering connections between ANIMAL disorders and GRASS seed AND STRAW UTILIZATION. In fact, his work is an example of the effect of diet on ANIMAL health.

Much of the research regarding livestock focuses on the presence of mycotoxins (alkaloids) in grains. Typically, livestock that grazes in ENDOPHYTE INFESTED grassy areas is exposed to a few conditions that affect the health of the animalS. Currently, researchers have methods for detecting toxic levels in seed, grass, AND STRAW IN ORDER to avoid major livestock accidents from happening.

However, the presence of mycotoxins has far-reaching effects for humans as well. ONE EXAMPLE WOULD BE THE MYCOTOXIN , AFLATOXIN. When humans DRINK MILK WITH AFLATOXIN as a part of the food chain, for example, they are exposed to the same toxicity as the livestock. Milk harvested from cows in some cases is tainted with this toxin, which if sold to consumers is illegal. Moreover, there is a direct connection between THE AFLATOXIN levels in livestock FEED and the incidence of LIVER DISEASE AND cancer in animals.