Better Tolerance against Dietary Mycotoxins in Fattening Bulls when Supplemented with Farmatan-D

Hydrolysable tannins are polyphenolic secondary metabolites of plants, with a high bioactive function. A twelve-month feeding trial was conducted to determine the effect of the feed additive Farmatan-D® on average daily gain (ADG) of Simmental bulls. The feed supplement Farmatan-D® mainly consists of highly concentrated hydrolysable tannins, organic acids, and lignocellulose. This study focused on two periods. First period from month 1 to 7, and from month 8 to 12 of study. The study reveals that ADG in the first 7 months of the feeding trial is numerically higher (P = 0.119) in the control group and lower in the group with added Farmatan-D®. The results after the 8th month of our investigation suggest that the group supplemented with Farmatan-D® showed (P = 0.003) higher ADG than the control group after the month when a drop in ADG was observed due to the incidence of mycotoxicosis. Feed supplement helps animals better tolerate nutritional and metabolic imbalances and results in smaller production losses for the farmers.