Table 4.
Concentration of different mycotoxins in poultry feed samples (ND: not detected).
| Province | Parameter | Mycotoxins (ppb) | |||||
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| Aflatoxin∗ | DON∗ | Fumonisin∗ | OTA∗ | T2-toxin∗ | ZEA∗ | ||
| Bs. As. | Number of samples positive/tested | 17/18 (94.5%) | 18/18 (100%) | 18/18 (100%) | 17/18 (94.5%) | 15/18 (83.4%) | 12/18 (66.7%) |
| Minimum | ND | 222.00 | 222.00 | ND | ND | ND | |
| Maximum | 11.85 | 318.00 | 4980.00 | 12.31 | 50.00 | 50.00 | |
| Median | 4.32 | 222.00 | 890.00 | 5.00 | 50.00 | 50.00 | |
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| La Pampa | Number of samples positive/tested | 8/10 (80%) | 8/10 (80%) | 10/10 (100%) | 9/10 (90%) | 4/10 (40%) | 9/10 (90%) |
| Minimum | ND | ND | 1160.00 | ND | ND | ND | |
| Maximum | 4.24 | 247.00 | 6000.00 | 5.00 | 50.00 | 95.58 | |
| Median | 1.96 | 222.00 | 4565.00 | 5.00 | ND | 50.00 | |
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| Río Negro | Number of samples positive/tested | 17/18 (94.5%) | 18/18 (100%) | 18/18 (100%) | 18/18 (100%) | 18/18 (100%) | 18/18 (100%) |
| Minimum | ND | 222.00 | 222.00 | 5.00 | ND | 50.00 | |
| Maximum | 37.67 | 222.00 | 6000.00 | 13.20 | 107.23 | 75.76 | |
| Median | 2.47 | 222.00 | 708.50 | 5.00 | 50.00 | 50.00 | |
*LOD (ppb): aflatoxin: <1.7; DON: 200; fumonisins: 222; OTA: 5; T2-toxin: <20; ZEA: 17–41.