Table 1.
Occurrence levels of 23 major mycotoxins in 30 poultry feed samples from Nigeria
| Metabolites | Percenta | Concentration (μg/kg) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | Mean | ||
| Aflatoxin B1 | 83.3 | 0.5 | 760 | 74 |
| Aflatoxin B2 | 50.0 | 1.7 | 188 | 21 |
| Aflatoxin G1 | 56.7 | 1.6 | 79 | 19 |
| Aflatoxin G2 | 13.3 | 0.5 | 7.6 | 3.5 |
| Aflatoxin M1 | 23.3 | 1.7 | 41 | 9.9 |
| Alternariol (AOH) | 40.0 | 0.2 | 8.6 | 2.7 |
| AOHmethylether | 46.7 | 0.2 | 5.6 | 1.4 |
| Beauvericin | 100 | 0.5 | 127 | 13 |
| Citrinin | 16.7 | 38 | 2340 | 522 |
| Cyclopiazonic acid | 10.0 | 23 | 49 | 39 |
| Deoxynivalenol | 20.0 | 36 | 174 | 108 |
| Fumonisin B1 (FB1) | 96.7 | 37 | 3760 | 1014 |
| Fumonisin B2 | 93.3 | 9.2 | 870 | 310 |
| Fumonisin B3 | 90.0 | 9.0 | 149 | 62 |
| Fumonisin B4 | 96.7 | 3.3 | 168 | 623 |
| Hydrolyzed FB1 | 56.7 | 5820 | 86,800 | 28,958 |
| Moniliformin | 93.3 | 5.1 | 900 | 62 |
| Nivalenol | 23.3 | 13 | 647 | 114 |
| Ochratoxin A | 26.7 | 0.8 | 15 | 5.4 |
| Ochratoxin B | 20.0 | 1.2 | 24 | 9.3 |
| Tenuazonic acid | 70.0 | 5.2 | 315 | 44 |
| Zearalenone (ZEN) | 83.3 | 0.5 | 71 | 9.3 |
| ZEN-sulfate | 13.3 | 3.2 | 162 | 56 |
aIncidence of contamination expressed in percentage