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| White mold is a "better" mold than gray or black (or warm and damp).
A bit less sugar in the hay, a bit more proteins (it's shrooms!) and less palatable.
It's more the millions of spores and dust that the white mycelium can generate that are a problem, and also any indication of mold (fungi) means that the conditions are also perfect for several pathogens other than mycotoxins, like some bacteria.
Horses tolerate mold much less than cows, and pregnant/milking cows or calves should also avoid it, but your description of "a little white mold" means there's probably little danger of any respiratory disease.
You need to count those spores one by one ;)
< 500,000 per gram: low risk
500,000 to 1 million: relatively safe
1 million to 3 million: feed with circumspection
3-5 million, dilute: feed with caution
> 5 million: do not feed | |
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