Occurences of Ochratoxin A in slaughtered wild boar (Sus scrofa)

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Abstract

Ochratoxins are fungal secondary metabo- lites that may contaminate a broad variety of foodstuffs, such as grains, vegetables, coffee, dried fruits, beer, wine and meats. Ochratoxins are considered powerful nephrotoxins, car- cinogens, teratogens in rats and likely in humans. In 2011, during a programme aimed to survey the presence of ochratoxin A in 35 regularly slaughtered wild boars in Calabria region (Southern Italy), ochratoxin A (OTA) was detected in 35 kidneys, 33 urinary blad- ders, 33 livers and 32 muscles of 35 animals at the following levels: 1.05 ppb (0.1-3.9 ppb), 0.5 ppb [not detected (ND)-2.6 ppb], 0.4 ppb (ND- 2 ppb), 0.2 ppb (ND-0.5 ppb), respectively. A total of 12 samples of kidney, 4 samples of liver, and 4 samples of urinary bladder showed levels of OTA higher than the level (1 ppb) estab- lished by the guidelines of the Italian Ministry of Health circular No. 10.

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  • DI PINTO A.;CECI E.;BONERBA E.;CELANO G.V.;BOZZO G.;TANTILLO G.

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2013

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2239-7132

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