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. 2017 Jul 31;15(7):e04851. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4851

Table 14.

Estimated P95 and mean exposure to the sum of ZEN, α‐ZAL, β‐ZAL, ZAN, α‐ZEL and β‐ZEL by ruminants and horses, derived from concentrations in individual feed materials and their relative proportions in dietsa

Species   Diet concentration μg/kg dry matter Exposure μg/day Exposure μg/kg bw % of exposure (μg/kg bw) from modified forms
P95 Mean P95 Mean P95 Mean P95 Mean
Dairy cows: maize silage‐based diet LB 777 117 21,223 3,191 32.6 4.91 0 0
UB 788 124 21,505 3,397 33.1 5.23 0.6 2.5
Beef cattle: cereal‐based diet LB 16.2 10.6 162 106 0.41 0.26 22.0 23.1
UB 46.3 55.5 463 555 1.16 1.39 54.3 80.6
Beef cattle: maize silage‐based diet LB 795 105 5,250 695 17.5 2.32 0 0
UB 826 140 5,454 924 18.2 3.08 3.7 22.7
Beef cattle: straw‐based diet LB 15.6 8.54 125 68.2 0.42 0.23 0 0
UB 95.2 102 761 820 2.54 2.73 70.9 85.3
Fattening goatsb LB 90.3 7.23 134 10.8 3.36 0.27 0.3 22.2
UB 91.2 33.0 137 49.5 3.41 1.24 1.8 76.6
Fattening goatsc LB 288 45.8 432 68.7 10.8 1.72 0 3.5
UB 289 83.0 434 124 10.9 3.11 0.6 42.8
Horsesb LB 23.0 14.8 207 133 0.46 0.30 23.9 40.0
UB 54.3 48.0 489 432 1.09 0.96 65.1 76.0
Horsesc LB 188 46.9 1,695 422 3.77 0.94 3.2 11.7
UB 219 89.7 1,977 807 4.39 1.79 15.9 50.3

bw: body weight; LB: lower bound; UB: upper bound; P95: 95th percentile.

a

The contributions from α‐ZAL, β‐ZAL, ZAN, α‐ZEL and β‐ZEL have been corrected for their potencies relative to ZEN (see Section 1.3.1)

b

Exposure to species‐specific compound feed only (i.e. assumes no exposure to ZEN from forages)

c

Assumes that the diet contains 50% grass hay