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. 2017 Sep 15;9(9):286. doi: 10.3390/toxins9090286

Table 3.

FUMs concentrations in various compound feed types.

Livestock Feed Type FB1 FB2
N (a) LC (%) (b) Mean (μg/kg) N (a) LC (%) (b) Mean (μg/kg)
Beef cattle Early beef cattle 15 0 1258.34 15 33.3 344.51
Middle beef cattle 9 11.1 1727.82 9 11.1 195.25
Late beef cattle 20 0 2217.01 20 15.0 360.64
Gestating beef cattle 19 5.3 2651.61 19 15.8 310.70
Lactating beef cattle 2 0 585.75 2 0 160.00
Dairy cows Dairy cow in early lactation 16 0 832.20 16 56.3 74.00
Dairy cow in mid lactation 1 0 663.35 1 0 46.68
Dairy cow on dry 3 0 1988.56 3 0 232.60
High yielding dairy cow 8 0 1381.31 8 12.5 212.33
Gestating dairy cow 2 0 834.44 2 0 135.59
Calves Early beef calf 13 7.7 1597.98 13 7.7 226.76
Middle beef calf 17 0 3456.55 17 11.8 413.83
Early dairy calf 1 0 36.65 1 0 14.85
Middle dairy calf 8 0 709.93 8 50.0 127.84
Late dairy calf 6 0 830.48 6 33.3 115.93
Middle breeding calf 1 0 138.00 1 0 27.45
Late breeding calf 4 0 911.03 4 0 128.33
Pigs Early growing pig 19 15.8 1856.77 19 68.4 20.79
Late growing pig 11 0 487.358 11 45.5 33.23
Sows Gestating sow 22 9.1 1039.58 22 40.9 351.95
Lactating sow 27 18.5 1394.75 27 51.9 76.22
Breeding gilt 3 0 2032.29 3 66.7 108.13
Piglets Sucking piglet 14 21.4 1176.00 14 71.4 15.57
Weanling piglet 44 25 914.01 44 52.3 35.64
Poultry Early layer chick 3 0 655.33 3 0 177.45
Middle layer chick 16 0 948.22 16 56.3 143.32
Late layer chick 14 14.3 1238.41 14 42.9 195.98
Early laying hens 26 3.8 1661.30 26 23.1 150.36
Middle laying hens 14 0 708.91 14 21.4 108.76
Late laying hens 2 50.0 50.00 2 50.0 13.73
Early broiler 29 6.9 1950.36 29 31.0 571.17
Late broiler 25 12.0 1591.34 25 40.0 415.73
Finishing broiler 2 0 346.75 2 0 135.7
Breeding broiler 9 44.4 979.12 9 55.6 226.83

(a) N: number of samples, (b) LC: percentage of left censored results. This value in this experiment is the percentage of data below the LOD [31].