Italian Journal of Animal Science (Apr 2010)

Evaluation of mycotoxins contamination in intensive beef cattle production system

  • B. Ronchi,
  • P. P. Danieli,
  • U. Bernabucci,
  • A. Sabatini

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4081/ijas.2007.1s.466
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 1s
pp. 466 – 468

Abstract

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Feed samples from 15 intensive beef cattle farms located in Northern Italy (provinces of Verona and Mantova) were checked for mycotoxin contamination [aflatoxins (AF), fumonisins (FB), ochratoxin A (OTA), deoxynivalenol (DON) and zearalenol (ZEN)]. Total mixed rations (TMR) resulted positive for AF and FB contamination. Among feedstuffs corn and corn gluten feed were the only responsible of TMR contamination. Level of contamination was positively related to corn moisture content.

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