Table 11.
Mean and 95th percentile (P95) moniliformin concentration in the diet of ruminants and horses derived from concentrations in individual feed materials and their relative proportions in their diets and the corresponding estimated exposure (μg/day and ng/kg bw per day)
Animal species (diet) | LB/UB | Diet concentration μg/kg dry matter | Exposure μg/day | Exposure ng/kg bw per day | |||
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P95 | Mean | P95 | Mean | P95 | Mean | ||
Dairy cows (grass‐based diet) | LB | 23 | 4.5 | 483 | 94 | 740 | 140 |
UB | 25 | 9.9 | 518 | 205 | 800 | 320 | |
Dairy cows (maize silage‐based diet)a | LB | – | 36 | – | 979 | – | 1,500 |
UB | – | 37 | – | 1013 | – | 1,600 | |
Beef cattle (grass silage‐based diet) | LB | 11 | 1.8 | 106 | 17 | 270 | 40 |
UB | 11 | 4.5 | 106 | 43 | 270 | 110 | |
Beef cattle (cereal‐based diet) | LB | 94 | 15 | 941 | 148 | 2,400 | 370 |
UB | 94 | 38 | 941 | 383 | 2,400 | 960 | |
Beef cattle (maize silage‐based diet)a | LB | – | 12 | – | 78 | – | 260 |
UB | – | 16 | – | 102 | – | 340 | |
Beef cattle (straw‐based diet)a | LB | – | 19 | – | 152 | – | 510 |
UB | – | 50 | – | 396 | – | 1,300 | |
Lactating sheep | LB | 27 | 5.2 | 75 | 15 | 1,200 | 180 |
UB | 29 | 11 | 80 | 32 | 1,300 | 400 | |
Lactating goats | LB | 15 | 9.7 | 52 | 33 | 860 | 550 |
UB | 15 | 32 | 52 | 108 | 860 | 1,800 | |
Horses | LB | 16 | 3.2 | 141 | 29 | 310 | 60 |
UB | 34 | 14 | 307 | 122 | 680 | 270 |
LB: lower bound; UB: upper bound.
Insufficient samples were available to undertake 95th percentile exposure estimates
Rounded to the first or second decimal place or to a whole number.