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. 2017 Sep 11;15(9):e04718. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4718

Table 40.

Estimated mean and 95th percentile dietary concentration and exposure at the LB and UB to the sum of DON, 3‐Ac‐DON, 15‐Ac‐DON and DON‐3‐glucoside for dairy cows, fattening beef cattle and horses derived from concentrations in species‐specific compound feeds

Dietary concentration μg/kg dry matter Exposure μg/day Exposure μg/kg bw per day
Mean 95th percentile Mean 95th percentile Mean 95th percentile
Dairy cow high yieldinga LB 86.6 522 1,793 10,805 2.76 16.6
  UB 113 522 2,337 10,805 3.60 16.6
Dairy cow high yieldingb LB 95.6 571 1,979 11,829 3.04 18.2
UB 218 658 4,510 13,629 6.94 21.0
Fattening beef cattlea LB 64.2 124 617 1,186 1.54 2.97
  UB 80.8 124 776 1,186 1.94 2.97
Fattening beef cattleb LB 77.0 194 739 1,859 1.85 4.65
UB 230 317 2,203 3,041 5.51 7.60
Horsesa LB 155 c 1,397 c 3.11 c
  UB 166 c 1,493 c 3.32 c
Horsesb LB 163 c 1,465 c 3.26 c
UB 253 c 2,280 c 5.07 c

bw: body weight, LB: lower bound; UB: upper bound.

a

Fresh grass and/or grass silage‐based diets (i.e. assumes no exposure from forages).

b

Grass hay‐based diets.

c

Insufficient number of samples reported (i.e. < 60) to calculate 95th percentile concentration.