Table 7.
Mean and 95th percentile concentration (μg/kg) of ergot alkaloids in different feed samples
| Concentration (μg/kg) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | 95th percentilea | |||||||||
| Feed level 1 | Feed level 2 | Feed level 3 | N | %LCb | LB | MB | UB | LB | MB | UB |
| Cereal grains, their products and by‐products | Barley | Barley | 222 | 70 | 15 | 30 | 44 | 71 | 97 | 124 |
| Triticale | Triticale | 13 | 38 | 33 | 38 | 44 | – | – | – | |
| Wheat | Wheat | 201 | 43 | 92 | 99 | 106 | 389 | 389 | 392 | |
| Maize | Maize | 4 | 100 | 0 | 18 | 35 | – | – | – | |
| Oats | Oats | 89 | 54 | 38 | 54 | 71 | 166 | 169 | 183 | |
| Rye | Rye | 21 | 57 | 175 | 183 | 191 | – | – | – | |
| Spelt | Spelt | 2 | 0 | 60 | 60 | 60 | – | – | – | |
| Forages and roughage, and products derived thereof | Grass, field dried, (hay) | Grass, field dried, (hay) | 20 | 50 | 34 | 47 | 60 | – | – | – |
| Grass, herbs, legume plants, (green forage) | 9 | 0 | 63 | 63 | 63 | – | – | – | ||
| Compound feed | Complete feed | Complete feed unspecified | 1 | 100 | 0 | 60 | 120 | – | – | – |
| Calves (pre‐ruminant) | 1 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 26 | – | – | – | ||
| Fattening sheep | 7 | 43 | 24 | 34 | 43 | – | – | – | ||
| Fattening goats | 7 | 57 | 5 | 16 | 26 | – | – | – | ||
| Poultry (starter diets) | 2 | 0 | 15 | 24 | 33 | – | – | – | ||
| Fattening chickens (broilers) | 4 | 75 | 41 | 50 | 59 | – | – | – | ||
| Laying hens | 9 | 89 | 7 | 17 | 28 | – | – | – | ||
| Fattening turkeys | 3 | 100 | 0 | 12 | 24 | – | – | – | ||
| Fattening ducks | 1 | 100 | 0 | 12 | 24 | – | – | – | ||
| Pet food, birds | 4 | 0 | 60 | 60 | 60 | – | – | – | ||
| Fattening cattle | 3 | 0 | 123 | 127 | 131 | – | – | – | ||
| Dairy cows | 1 | 0 | 60 | 60 | 60 | – | – | – | ||
| Piglets (weaning diets) | 3 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 28 | – | – | – | ||
| Growing/Fattening pigs | 8 | 0 | 46 | 48 | 51 | – | – | – | ||
| Breeding pigs | 1 | 0 | 60 | 60 | 60 | – | – | – | ||
| Lambs (weaning diets) | 3 | 33 | 39 | 46 | 52 | – | – | – | ||
| Complementary feed (incomplete diet) | Complementary feed, unspecified | 1 | 0 | 60 | 60 | 60 | – | – | – | |
| Fattening sheep | 3 | 33 | 13 | 22 | 31 | – | – | – | ||
| Fattening goats | 1 | 100 | 0 | 12 | 24 | – | – | – | ||
| Fattening chickens (broilers) | 3 | 100 | 0 | 12 | 24 | – | – | – | ||
| Pet food, birds | 1 | 0 | 60 | 60 | 60 | – | – | – | ||
| Dairy cows | 6 | 17 | 50 | 53 | 56 | – | – | – | ||
N: number of samples; %LC: percentage of left‐censored samples; LB: lower bound; MB: middle bound; UB: upper bound.
a
Estimation of 95th percentile is not reliable when less than 60 observations are available.
b
A sample was considered as left‐censored when not a single EA was quantified.