Table 2.
A brief overview of ranges of natural mycotoxin contamination of feed or feed ingredients in Europe.
| Mycotoxin | Feeds or Ingredients |
Range (μg/kg) |
Number of Samples |
Positive % | Continent (Region) |
Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OTA | wheat, maize | 22–33 | 82 | 2 | Europe | [30] |
| FB1 | wheat, maize | 36–5114 | 82 | 44 | Europe | |
| ZEA | wheat, maize | 58–387 | 82 | 15 | Europe | |
| DON | wheat, maize | 74–9528 | 82 | 63 | Europe | |
| HT-2 | wheat, maize | 22–116 | 82 | 9 | Europe | |
| AFs | various | 0.5–66 | 127 | 25 | Southern Europe | [31] |
| OTA | various | 1–54 | 46 | 22 | Southern Europe | |
| FUMs | various | 25–36,390 | 89 | 66 | Southern Europe | |
| DON | various | 52–4827 | 348 | 66 | Southern Europe | |
| ZEA | various | 10–2939 | 303 | 28 | Southern Europe | |
| T-2/HT-2 | various | 35–137 | 65 | 8 | Southern Europe |