Contamination of broiler chicken's mash and litter with moulds, aflatoxins, ochratoxin A and zearalenone
Skrinjar, M.; Ristić, M.; Grbić, Z.
Acta Veterinaria Hungarica 43(1): 117-124
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0236-6290 PMID: 7625283 Document Number: 449360
Contamination of broiler chicken's mash and litter with moulds, aflatoxin B1 (AB1), G1 (AG), ochratoxin A (OA) and zearalenone was examined on a broiler fattening farm in Vojvodina, Yugoslavia. All broiler chicken's mash samples tested were contaminated with moulds. The highest total viable counts of moulds (3.3 x 105/g) were found in broiler starter diet. Moulds isolated from mash were classified into 8 genera and 27 spp. Many of them (Aspergillus, Fusarium and Penicillium spp.) were known mycotoxin-producing moulds. F. moniliforme [Gibberella fujikuroi] was the dominant species in mash fungal populations. Moulds were also found in all litter samples. The highest fungal count (80 x 105/g) in litter was found at the beginning of fattening. Fungi isolated from litter samples belonged to 9 genera and 22 spp. Aspergillus, Penicillium and Mucor were the most prevalent genera. None of the broiler chicken's mash and litter samples tested was contaminated with AB1, AG1, OA or zearalenone. G. fujikuroi was zearalenone-negative also under laboratory conditions.