Table 2.
Mean levels of mycotoxins (±SE) in food grain samples from Lamwo and Kitgum districts separately and data pooled for both districts. Grain samples with different letters in a column indicate significant differences in pair-wise tests (one-way ANOVA followed by Bonferroni corrected Tukey post-hoc test).
| Grain sample | Kitgum | Lamwo | Pooled data for both districts | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Aflatoxin | Total Ochratoxins | DON | Total Aflatoxin | Total Ochratoxins | DON | Total Aflatoxin | Total Ochratoxins | DON | |
| Sorghum (μg/Kg) | 16.0 ± 3.6b | 4.4 ± 0.8b | 253.4 ± 107.5a | 9.0 ± 1.8c | 3.5 ± 0.7c | 361.6 ± 115.7ab | 11.8 ± 1.8b | 3.8 ± 0.5c | 318.8 ± 81.4ab |
| Maize (μg/Kg) | 1.9 ± 0.9a | 0.6 ± 0.3a | 1092.6 ± 400.8b | 3.3 ± 0.8ab | 0.3 ± 0.1a | 191.4 ± 76.0ab | 2.8 ± 0.6a | 0.9 ± 0.2a | 513.3 ± 185.2b |
| Millet (μg/Kg) | 2.9 ± 1.2a | 1.1 ± 0.3a | 325.7 ± 315.9a | 4.3 ± 1.5ab | 1.0 ± 0.3ab | 32.0 ± 31.7a | 3.9 ± 1.1a | 1.1 ± 0.2ab | 129.7 ± 106.5a |
| Sesame (μg/Kg) | 2.4 ± 1.1a | 1.5 ± 0.3ab | 104.8 ± 48.4a | 3.5 ± 2.9a | 1.4 ± 0.2bc | 284.4 ± 73.6b | 3.2 ± 2.1a | 1.4 ± 0.2b | 230.5 ± 55.2b |