%0 Journal Article
%T A Three-Year Survey on the Worldwide Occurrence of Mycotoxins in Feedstuffs and Feed
%A In¨ºs Rodrigues
%A Karin Naehrer
%J Toxins
%D 2012
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/toxins4090663
%X Between January 2009 and December 2011, a total of 7049 corn, soybean/soybean meal, wheat, dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) and finished feed samples were analyzed for the occurrence of aflatoxins (Afla), zearalenone (ZEN), deoxynivalenol (DON), fumonisins (FUM) and ochratoxin A (OTA). Samples were sourced in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Afla, ZEN, DON, FUM and OTA were present respectively in 33%, 45%, 59% 64% and 28% of analyzed samples between 2009 and 2011. From the 23,781 mycotoxin analyzes performed, 81% were positive for at least one mycotoxin. Results of this survey are provided by calendar year, in order to potentially show different trends on mycotoxin occurrence in distinct years: by commodity type and within the same commodity, and by region, to potentially reveal differences in mycotoxin contamination in commodities sourced in diverse regions.
%K aflatoxins
%K deoxynivalenol
%K fumonisins
%K zearalenone
%K ochratoxin A
%K mycotoxins
%K occurrence
%K survey
%U http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/4/9/663