RISK ASSESSMENT OF MYCOTOXINS IN PLANT-DERIVED FEEDSTUFFS
Audrone Mankeviciene, Bronislava Butkute, Irena Gaurilcikiene, Ilona Keriene
Pages: 210-218
Published: 1 Jan 2013
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Abstract: This study was performed to determine mycotoxin – deoxynivalenol (DON), zearalenone (ZEA), T-2 toxin, aflatoxin (AFL), ochratoxin (OCH) levels in feed grain (spring barley), maize and grass silage, rape seed cake samples collected from Central Lithuania’s commercial fields during 2003-2012. Mycotoxins in various feed commodities were analyzed by the ELISA method. DON contamination was more frequent in forage barley samples (98.0 %); however, T-2 toxin exceeded the safe level of 100 µg kg-1 (315.6 µg kg-1). Notably higher concentrations of all mycotoxins tested were established in maize and grass silage samples. In many cases, all the tested mycotoxins were found to co-occur in a sample. This was especially characteristic of grass silage. All (100%) rape seed cake samples were contaminated with DON, OCH and AFL, 86 % of the samples contained ZEA and 71.4% T-2 toxin. Although the quantified concentrations were not high, they are an undoubted risk factor in combined forage production.
Keywords: feed barley, mycotoxins, silage, rapeseed cakes
Cite this article: Audrone Mankeviciene, Bronislava Butkute, Irena Gaurilcikiene, Ilona Keriene. RISK ASSESSMENT OF MYCOTOXINS IN PLANT-DERIVED FEEDSTUFFS. Journal of International Scientific Publications: Agriculture & Food 1, 210-218 (2013). https://www.scientific-publications.net/en/article/1002953/
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