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Trends of fumonisin contamination and animal intoxication through monitoring 1991 to 1997 corn crop in the State of Paraná, Brazil

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Eleven feed samples associated with six animal (horse and poultry) intoxication outbreaks (1991) in the state of Paraná, Brazil, were evaluated for fungal and fumonisin contamination. In order to estimate the␣trend of livestock intoxication, fumonisin contamination was monitored in corn produced both at the commercial level (1991, 1995 crop), and in an experimental field at a local Agronomy Institute (1997 crop). The total mould count in the feed samples ranged from 2.9 × 103 to 1.9 × 107 CFU/g, with Fusarium verticillioides as the predominant species, at a high count of 2.4 × 104–6.5 × 105 CFU/g. Fumonisins (FB1 + FB2) were detected in all corn-based feed samples at levels ranging from 2.89 to 14.54 μg/g. All 27 Northern corn samples (1991 crop) were contaminated with fumonisins at levels ranging from 2.32 to 16.64 μg/g. Twenty-six (96.3%) out of 27 corn samples from the Central-Southern region (1995 crop) were positive for fumonisins (FB1+FB2), with the range of 0.07–3.66 μg/g, while all 37 Northern samples (1995 crop) were contaminated with fumonisins ranging from 0.57 to 9.97 μg/g. Twenty-one out of 37 corn samples from the Northern region (1997 crop) were positive for fumonisins, but at low level (range of 0.05–2.67 μg/g). The results showed a decreasing trend in fumonisin contamination over the years. Nowadays animal intoxication outbreaks rarely occur in this State, as both animal producers and feed industries have become conscious about monitoring of corn and other raw materials at the quality control level.

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  1. Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, State University of Londrina, PO Box 6001, 86051-990, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil

    Elisabete Y. S. Ono

  2. Department of General Biology, State University of Londrina, PO Box 6001, 86051-990, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil

    Maria Helena P. Fungaro & Silvia Helena Sofia

  3. Department of Food and Drug Technology, State University of Londrina, PO Box 6001, 86051-990, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil

    Edson L. Z. Figueira & Elisa Y. Hirooka

  4. Agronomy Institute of Paraná (IAPAR), Paraná, Brazil

    Antonio Carlos Gerage

  5. Tokyo Kasei University, Tokyo, Japan

    Masakatsu Ichinoe

  6. Kobe Institute of Health, Kobe, Japan

    Yoshitsugu Sugiura

  7. Yashio Institute of Environmental Sciences, Usui Bldg. 2F, 8-10 Nishi-Gokencho, 162-0812, Shinjukuku, Tokyo, Japan

    Y. Ueno

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Ono, E.Y.S., Fungaro, M.H.P., Sofia, S.H. et al. Trends of fumonisin contamination and animal intoxication through monitoring 1991 to 1997 corn crop in the State of Paraná, Brazil. Mycopathologia 158, 451–455 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11046-004-3863-4

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