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Mycotoxins in Poultry Feed in Kuwait

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A survey was conducted at a poultry feed production unit in Kuwait for mycotoxin contamination in the samples of yellow maize, soybean meal, wheat bran used as raw material and the poultry feed prepared for broiler starter, broiler finisher, and layer mash. Individual aflatoxins were determined by high-pressure liquid chromatography after immunoaffinity column purification. Repeated analysis revealed average aflatoxin concentration in maize at 0.27 ppb (range 0 to 1.69 ppb), soybean meal at 0.20 ppb (range 0 to 1.27 ppb), wheat bran at 0.15 ppb (range 0 to 1.07 ppb), prepared poultry feed for broiler starter at 0.48 ppb (range 0 to 3.26 ppb), broiler finisher at 0.39 ppb (range 0 to 1.05 ppb), and layer mash at 0.21 ppb (range 0 to 1.30 ppb). Other mycotoxins (ochratoxin, fumonisin, deoxynivalenol (DON), and zearalenone), were detected by quantitative enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The average levels of ochratoxin A ranged from 4.6 to 9.6 ppb, fumonisin from 1.4 to 3.2 ppm, DON from 0.17 to 0.29 ppm, and zearalenone from 46.4 to 67.6 ppb in various commodities and prepared feed samples. The study revealed the coexistence of determined mycotoxins, although their concentrations in general were found to be lower than the permissible levels, wherever defined, for the poultry feed.

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Acknowledgments

The authors are grateful to the Dr. Abdul Hadi Al-Otaibi, DG KISR, for his interest in the study; Dr. Ali Abdullah Al-Shamlan, DG KFAS; and Sheikh Ahmad Yousuf Al-Sabah, DG KUPCO, for financial assistance. The authors also express their sincere thanks to the staff of the feed unit for providing all facilities for conducting the survey and helping in the collection of samples for analysis.

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    M. U. Beg, M. Al-Mutairi, K. R. Beg, H. M. Al-Mazeedi, L. N. Ali & T. Saeed

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Beg, M.U., Al-Mutairi, M., Beg, K.R. et al. Mycotoxins in Poultry Feed in Kuwait. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 50, 594–602 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00244-005-2094-0

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