How can they be introduced to a diet? Binders are added to the complete feed. Some farmers will put them in all feed as a preventative measure; others will only use one when they start seeing a problem. Vet Richard Turner from St David’s Poultry Team says broiler integrators tend not to use mycotoxin binders in their rations due to the added cost. But he questions that thinking, because there is firm evidence of health and litter problems caused by mycotoxins in feed. “In southern Europe it’s routine to use binders, and I think they should be used more routinely here,” he adds.