Published in Scientific Papers. Series D. Animal Science, Vol. LXVII, Issue 1
Written by Dragos Mihai LĂPUŞNEANU, Cristina Gabriela RADU-RUSU, Mădălina MATEI, Silvia Ioana PETRESCU, Ioan Mircea POP
The present study provides a two years overview of quantitative determination of total aflatoxin in maize from a Romanian feed mill. The aim of the study was to monitor the occurrence and levels of total aflatoxins in maize samples analyzed during the 2020 and 2021; maize used as raw material in the compound feed production was prelevated for analyzes both in the raw material reception stage and from the unit's stock. To determine the aflatoxins concentration of maize from the reception stage, 1034 analysis were carried out in 2020 and 1191 analyzes in 2021. In order to assess aflatoxins occurrence and levels for deposited maize, were prelevated samples from the stock of the studied unit (48 samples in 2020 and 43 in 2021. Results showed that in 2020, from 1034 samples, 77.3% (n = 800) were positive, while in 2021, from 1191 samples, 57.9% were positive. For the determination of the total aflatoxin content of maize from the units stock, the incidence of positive samples was slightly higher in 2021 (65.1%), compared to year 2020 (56.2%). It can be concluded that it is important for feed mills to establish adequate control measures for mycotoxin contamination.
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