TY  - JOUR
T1  - Co-Occurrence of Moulds and Mycotoxins in Corn Grains Used for Animal Feeds in Malaysia
AU - Reddy, K.R.N. AU - Salleh, B. 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 10
IS  - 5
SP  - 668
EP  - 673
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2011.668.673
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2011.668.673
KW  - Corn
KW  -mycotoxins
KW  -animal feed
KW  -moulds
KW  -ELISA
AB  - About 80 corn grain samples used for animal feeds were collected from 10 states in Malaysia in order to determine the mycobiota using agar plate assay and mycotoxins (Aflatoxin B<SUB>1</SUB> and fumonisins) by ELISA. <I>Aspergillus flavus </I>(87%), <I>A. niger</I> (83%), <I>F. verticillioides</I> (47%), <I>F. graminearum</I> (43%), <I>F. proliferatum </I>(42%), <I>F. equisieti</I> (30%) and <I>Penicillium</I> sp. (5%) were the prevalent fungi in all corn samples. Aflatoxin B<SUB>1</SUB> (AFB1) could be detected in 65 (81.2%) corn samples ranging from 1.0-135 &#956;g kg<SUP>-1</SUP>. The 18 (22.5%) samples, out of 80 had exceeded  AFB1 above the international regulatory limits of animal feeds (&gt;20 &#956;g kg<SUP>-1</SUP>) ranging from 20.6-135 &#956;g kg<SUP>-1</SUP>. Fumonisins were detected in all the corn samples (100%) ranging from 261-2.420 &#956;g kg<SUP>-1</SUP>. Although, only 80 samples were analyzed, they were randomly collected from 10 states in Malaysia. Since there is a lack of information from Malaysia and such data are valuable.
ER  -