Table 3. Positivity for Mycotoxins of Commercial Dry Cat Fooda.
| number
of positive samples |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LODb < mycotoxin < LOQc |
mycotoxin ≥ LOQc |
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| mycotoxin | standard (n = 30) | premium (n = 34) | total (n = 64) | standard (n = 30) | premium (n = 34) | total (n = 64) |
| ZEA | 13 (43%) | 8 (24%) | 21 (33%) | 12 (40%) | 15 (44%) | 27 (42%) |
| DON | 0 | 7 (21%) | 7 (11%) | 30 (100%) | 21 (62%) | 51 (80%) |
| AFB1 | 5 (17%) | 5 (15%) | 10 (16%) | 7 (23%) | 1 (3%) | 8 (13%) |
| AFB2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AFG1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AFG2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FB1 | 1 (3%) | 1 (3%) | 2 (3%) | 29 (97%) | 32 (94%) | 61 (95%) |
| FB2 | 1 (3%) | 2 (6%) | 3 (5%) | 29 (97%) | 31 (91%) | 60 (94%) |
| fumonisinsd | 1 (3%) | 1 (3%) | 2 (3%) | 29 (97%) | 31 (91%) | 60 (94%) |
| OTA | 5 (17%) | 0 | 5 (8%) | 2 (7%) | 0 | 2 (3%) |
| T-2 | 7 (23%) | 6 (18%) | 13 (20%) | 2 (7%) | 3 (9%) | 5 (8%) |
| HT-2 | 3 (10%) | 4 (12%) | 7 (11%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T-2/HT-2e | 1 (3%) | 1 (3%) | 2 (3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
a
ZEA, zearalenone; DON, deoxynivalenol; AFB1, aflatoxin B1; AFB2, aflatoxin B2; AFG1, aflatoxin G1; AFG2, aflatoxin G2; FB1, fumonisin B1; FB2, fumonisin B2; OTA, ochratoxin A; T-2, T-2 toxin; HT-2, HT-2 toxin.
b
LOD: limit of detection (FB1, FB2, AFB1, AFB2, AFG1, AFG2 and DON: 1 μg/kg; ZEA and OTA: 2 μg/kg; T-2 and HT-2: 5 μg/kg).
c
LOQ: limit of quantification (FB1, FB2, AFB1, AFB2, AFG1, AFG2 and DON: 3 μg/kg; ZEA and OTA: 5 μg/kg; T-2: 10 μg/kg; HT-2: 20 μg/kg).
d
Fumonisins: positivity for both fumonisins (FB1 and FB2).
e
T-2/HT-2: positivity for both toxins (T-2 and HT-2).