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. 2022 Aug 14;14(8):552. doi: 10.3390/toxins14080552

Table 1.

Contamination rates in different sample types.

Mycotoxins n 1 Positive Samples 1st Quartile (µg/kg) 2 Median (µg/kg) 3 3rd
Quartile (µg/kg) 4
Maximum (µg/kg) 5
n 1 %
All Samples
AFLA 1680 985 58.6 2.55 4.00 7.08 266.60
DON 1545 1048 67.8 291.67 446.74 960.00 4969.06
FUMO 1699 693 40.8 460.00 940.00 1860.00 31,420.00
OTA 1429 555 38.8 4.00 8.94 20.75 95.15
T-2 1465 419 28.6 20.00 27.12 52.19 2959.06
ZON 1636 1022 62.5 33.94 53.30 89.92 2503.86
TMR
AFLA 626 411 65.7 2.43 3.86 4.92 61.54
DON 600 422 70.3 290.00 430.00 1086.22 4969.06
FUMO 633 249 39.3 370.00 613.84 1190.26 17,490.00
OTA 537 260 48.4 4.09 8.31 15.75 87.82
T-2 540 169 31.3 20.00 23.40 54.00 86.32
ZON 632 490 77.5 36.84 55.23 86.32 2503.86
Silages
AFLA 236 130 55.1 2.51 4.00 4.59 14.62
DON 219 115 52.5 250.00 300.00 415.58 2747.80
FUMO 242 63 26.0 380.00 820.00 1710.00 17,732.00
OTA 184 113 61.4 9.75 23.30 45.69 95.15
T-2 210 44 21.0 20.00 35.98 62.55 132.23
ZON 237 145 61.2 30.93 43.86 67.07 1900.52
Maize/Maize Products
AFLA 223 94 42.2 2.32 4.00 5.43 82.13
DON 212 131 61.8 260.00 323.14 450.18 1390.00
FUMO 241 207 85.9 955.00 1695.02 3245.99 31,420.00
OTA 189 72 38.1 4.09 13.52 31.16 86.79
T-2 195 36 18.5 20.00 41.10 57.15 106.58
ZON 207 65 31.4 26.53 45.75 102.27 1430.07
Finished Feed
AFLA 156 73 46.8 2.80 6.22 10.54 66.66
DON 141 124 87.9 415.51 690.00 1025.00 1980.26
FUMO 159 117 73.6 580.00 970.00 1574.69 7997.78
OTA 143 16 11.2 3.40 6.34 22.36 81.35
T-2 141 30 21.3 20.00 24.11 46.46 135.23
ZON 147 82 55.8 29.32 43.40 69.78 365.80
Other Samples
AFLA 398 257 64.6 3.82 8.37 17.80 266.60
DON 336 236 70.2 378.49 688.07 1255.00 4828.98
FUMO 382 41 10.7 359.59 540.00 1412.00 6791.16
OTA 341 81 23.8 3.24 4.15 8.94 78.00
T-2 345 126 36.5 20.00 27.12 46.38 2959.06
ZON 374 220 58.8 39.14 66.41 106.48 1450.13

1 Sample number. 2 1st quartile of positive samples. 3 Median of positive samples. 4 3rd quartile of positive samples. 5 Maximum values detected for each mycotoxin.