Mycotoxin Management in Animal Feed Research Trends: Scientometric Analysis
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Authors
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Kutty Kumar
Library and Information Science, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3510-5924
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Sandeep Tammineedi
Keywords:
Animal Feed Safety, Contamination of Food, Fungal Feed Security, Mycotoxin Management, Scientometric AnalysisAbstract
Mycotoxins are hazardous secondary metabolites produced by fungus that contaminate animal feed and have the potential to seriously impair food safety, animal health, and the global food supply chain. Over the past ten years, there has been an increase in scientific interest in mycotoxin contamination in feed systems. In order to examine global shifts in research trends pertaining to mycotoxin control in animal feed, this study used a scientometric approach. We performed a search on the bibliographic data in the PubMed database and analyzed it using the Biblioshiny interface in the Bibliometrix R package to access collaboration networks, to identify the highly productive authors, to analyze publishing trends, and to assess new research areas. The studies show a rise in scientific publications in recent years, indicating the increasing interest in this type of research around the world. There was also significant international participation in some European countries, along with China and the US being some of the leading providers of research outputs. Based on the findings, aflatoxin contamination, food safety, toxicity evaluation, and methodologies for risk management were the key themes of research. All this together suggests that the research effort related to mycotoxins in animal feed is growing, and more scientific collaboration and interdisciplinary approaches are warranted for addressing the challenges associated with animal health and feed safety.
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