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Fusarium Species and Mycotoxins Contaminating Veterinary Diets for Dogs and Cats

Veterinary diets are intended for diseased animals and may contain cereal grains, mainly maize and/or wheat. These, in turn, are often infected with pathogens of the Fusarium genus, which are able to produce numerous harmful mycotoxins. Forty-two samples of veterinary diets for dogs and cats were an...

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Autores principales: Witaszak, Natalia, Stępień, Łukasz, Bocianowski, Jan, Waśkiewicz, Agnieszka
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Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6352256/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30669691
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms7010026
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author Witaszak, Natalia
Stępień, Łukasz
Bocianowski, Jan
Waśkiewicz, Agnieszka
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description Veterinary diets are intended for diseased animals and may contain cereal grains, mainly maize and/or wheat. These, in turn, are often infected with pathogens of the Fusarium genus, which are able to produce numerous harmful mycotoxins. Forty-two samples of veterinary diets for dogs and cats were analyzed for the presence of Fusarium species and mycotoxins. Species were identified using molecular methods and the ergosterol and mycotoxins (fumonisin B(1), deoxynivalenol, nivalenol and zearalenone) were quantified using HPLC methods. Two Fusarium species were identified: Fusarium proliferatum and Fusarium verticillioides. The highest concentrations of fumonisin B(1), deoxynivalenol, nivalenol and zearalenone were 74.83, 2318.05, 190.90, and 45.84 ng/g, respectively. Only 9.5% of the samples were free from Fusarium mycotoxins. The acceptable limits of mycotoxin content in animal feed, specified by the EU regulations, were not exceeded in any of the samples tested. The mean mycotoxin content in veterinary diets for cats was lower than for dogs. Thus, it is recommended that veterinary diets are examined, since the mycotoxin contamination pose additional risk to animal health. The knowledge on Fusarium occurrence in veterinary diets is scarce and as far as we are aware this is the first report concerning the occurrence of Fusarium spp. and their important secondary metabolites—mycotoxins—in different types of veterinary diets for companion animals in Poland.
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spelling pubmed-63522562019-02-01 Fusarium Species and Mycotoxins Contaminating Veterinary Diets for Dogs and Cats Witaszak, Natalia Stępień, Łukasz Bocianowski, Jan Waśkiewicz, Agnieszka Microorganisms Article Veterinary diets are intended for diseased animals and may contain cereal grains, mainly maize and/or wheat. These, in turn, are often infected with pathogens of the Fusarium genus, which are able to produce numerous harmful mycotoxins. Forty-two samples of veterinary diets for dogs and cats were analyzed for the presence of Fusarium species and mycotoxins. Species were identified using molecular methods and the ergosterol and mycotoxins (fumonisin B(1), deoxynivalenol, nivalenol and zearalenone) were quantified using HPLC methods. Two Fusarium species were identified: Fusarium proliferatum and Fusarium verticillioides. The highest concentrations of fumonisin B(1), deoxynivalenol, nivalenol and zearalenone were 74.83, 2318.05, 190.90, and 45.84 ng/g, respectively. Only 9.5% of the samples were free from Fusarium mycotoxins. The acceptable limits of mycotoxin content in animal feed, specified by the EU regulations, were not exceeded in any of the samples tested. The mean mycotoxin content in veterinary diets for cats was lower than for dogs. Thus, it is recommended that veterinary diets are examined, since the mycotoxin contamination pose additional risk to animal health. The knowledge on Fusarium occurrence in veterinary diets is scarce and as far as we are aware this is the first report concerning the occurrence of Fusarium spp. and their important secondary metabolites—mycotoxins—in different types of veterinary diets for companion animals in Poland. MDPI 2019-01-21 /pmc/articles/PMC6352256/ /pubmed/30669691 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms7010026 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_fullStr Fusarium Species and Mycotoxins Contaminating Veterinary Diets for Dogs and Cats
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title_short Fusarium Species and Mycotoxins Contaminating Veterinary Diets for Dogs and Cats
title_sort fusarium species and mycotoxins contaminating veterinary diets for dogs and cats
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6352256/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30669691
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms7010026
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