Mycotoxicological monitoring of feed and its role in prevention of animal mycotoxicoses

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Mycotoxins can accumulate in raw materials of plant origin at different technological stages of its production. Most often, the producers of mycotoxins are fungi of the genera Aspergillus , Fusarium , Penicillium and some others. The clinical symptoms of mycotoxicoses vary significantly, and lethal outcomes are possible. For this reason, the mycotoxicological study of various types of feed under production conditions is an indispensable component of veterinary support of industrial animal husbandry. As part of this study, a retrospective analysis of the results of a mycotoxicological study of feed for different animal species was carried out in the Omsk region in 2017-2021. All feeds received by the Omsk Regional Veterinary Laboratory for 5 years for the determination of mycotoxins were examined for the presence of ochratoxin A, zearalenone, T-2 toxin, aflatoxin B 1, deoxynivalenol. It was established that almost 70 % of the studied samples contained mycotoxins, including their maximum allowable level was exceeded in 74 samples. Exceeding the permissible levels was noted for the content of T-2 toxin (34 samples), zearalenone (27 samples), ochratoxin A (6 samples), aflatoxin B 1 (4 samples) and deoxynivalenol (3 samples). The largest number of cases of contamination was recorded in the study of feed and feed mixtures. The greatest danger is the multiple contamination of feed with mycotoxins. This increases the risk of developing comorbid conditions and the spread of opportunistic infections.

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Table 1. Results of mycotoxicological study of feed (2017—2021)

Mycotoxin

The number of samples containing mycotoxins within the maximum allowable levels / the number of samples exceeding the maximum allowable levels

Content of mycotoxin in the sample, mg/kg

Maximum allowable levels, mg/ kg

Minimum

Maximum

OTA

320 / 6

0.0040

0.058

0.01

ZEA

386 / 27

< 0.02

0.86

Pregnant sows are not allowed, fattening —  0.1; cows —  0.2

Т-2

451 / 34

0.020

0.46

0.1

AFВ1

445 / 4

0.002

0.053

0.05

DON

358 / 3

0.02

1.08

1.0

Note. OTA — o chratoxin А; ZEA —  zearalenone; Т-2 —  Т-2 toxin; AFВ1 —  aflatoxin B 1; DON —  deoxynivalenol.

 

Table 2. Comparative analysis of contamination of different types  of feed with mycotoxins (2017—2021)

Samples

Number of samples containing mycotoxins within the maximum allowable levels / exceeding the maximum allowable levels

Т-2

ZEA

OTA

AFB 1

DON

Compound feed, feed mixture

217/9

174/15

138/0

210/2

181/1

Grain, grain mixture

107/11

94/1

80/0

140/0

82/0

Other concentrated feed

60/6

86/4

49/1

72/0

57/0

Other feed

67/8

32/7

53/5

23/2

38/2

Total

451/34

386/27

320/6

445/4

358/3

Note. OTA — o chratoxin А; ZEA —  zearalenone; Т-2 —  Т-2 toxin; AFВ1 —  aflatoxin B 1; DON —  deoxynivalenol.

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Vasily I. Dorozhkin

Russian Research Institute of Veterinary Sanitation, Hygiene and Ecology - Branch of Skryabin and Kovalenko Russian Research Institute of Experimental Veterinary Medicine of RAS

Email: vniivshe@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1188-4449

Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Head of the Scientific Direction

5 Zvenigorodskoe highway, Moscow, 123022, Russian Federation

Taras V. Gerunov

Omsk State Agrarian University named after P.A. Stolypin

Author for correspondence.
Email: tv.gerunov@omgau.org
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5594-2666

Doctor of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor, Professor, Department of Diagnostics, Internal Non-Contagious Diseases, Pharmacology, Surgery and Obstetrics

1 Institutskaya Square, Omsk, 644008, Russian Federation

Irina A. Simonova

Omsk Regional Veterinary Laboratory

Email: omvetlabhim@mail.ru
SPIN-code: 6824-5093

Candidate of Veterinary Sciences, Head of the Chemical-Toxicological Department

203A 10 years of October st., Omsk, 644031, Russian Federation

Liudmila K. Gerunova

Omsk State Agrarian University named after P.A. Stolypin

Email: lk.gerunova@omgau.org
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0835-9352

Doctor of Veterinary Sciences, Professor, Department of Diagnostics, Internal Non-Contagious Diseases, Pharmacology, Surgery and Obstetrics

1 Institutskaya Square, Omsk, 644008, Russian Federation

Yana O. Kryuchek

Omsk State Agrarian University named after P.A. Stolypin

Email: yao.kryuchek36.06.01@omgau.org
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0808-9911

post-graduate student

1 Institutskaya Square, Omsk, 644008, Russian Federation

Anna A. Tarasenko

Omsk State Agrarian University named after P.A. Stolypin

Email: aa.tarasenko@omgau.org
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7314-9998

Candidate of Veterinary Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of Diagnostics, Internal Non-Contagious Diseases, Pharmacology, Surgery and Obstetrics

1 Institutskaya Square, Omsk, 644008, Russian Federation

Eugene A. Chigrinski

Omsk State Medical University

Email: chigrinski@list.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0844-4090

Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry

12 Lenin st., Omsk, 644099, Russian Federation

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