: An investigation on aflatoxin in milk and feed in dairy farm of Kermanshah Provience
2010
Ghasemipour , Navid | Mahdavi-Adeli H.R | Mostafaee, A | Bahrami Gh. | Mosavi M.
The objective of This survey was to determine the aflatoxin contaminatikon of milk and animal feeds in dairy cattle farms of Kermanshah province. A total number of 54 samples each for milk, corn silage, alfalfa, and concentrate were collected randomly from 9 dairy farms, located in different parts of Kermanshah Provience and analyzed for aflatoxin using an HPLC method. The results indicated that 29.6% of milk samples were contaminated with Aflatoxin M1. The average of aflatoxin M1 contamination was found to be 0.0488 ng/ml in milk samples. The mean aflatoxin contamination of corn silage samples was also found to be 1.422 ng/g. No contamination of aflatoxine was observed in alfalfa samples. The mean aflatoxin contamination of concentrate samples was determined as 2.782 ng/g. As a whole the average contamination of animal feeds was less than permitted standard level of Iran.
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