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ArticleToxins2022

An Eight-Year Survey on Aflatoxin B1 Indicates High Feed Safety in Animal Feed and Forages in Northern Italy.

Luca Ferrari, Francesca Fumagalli, Nicoletta Rizzi, Elisa Grandi, Serena Vailati, Michele Manoni, Matteo Ottoboni, Federica Cheli, Luciano Pinotti

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Article in Toxins, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Baicalin attenuates aflatoxin BMycotoxin research · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Luca FerrariDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences (DIVAS), Università degli Studi di Milano, Via dell' Università, 26900 Lodi, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7464-2637
Francesca FumagalliDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences (DIVAS), Università degli Studi di Milano, Via dell' Università, 26900 Lodi, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4384-0125
Nicoletta RizziAssociazione Regionale Allevatori della Lombardia (ARAL), Via Kennedy, 26013 Crema, Italy.
Elisa GrandiAssociazione Regionale Allevatori della Lombardia (ARAL), Via Kennedy, 26013 Crema, Italy.
Serena VailatiAssociazione Regionale Allevatori della Lombardia (ARAL), Via Kennedy, 26013 Crema, Italy.
Michele ManoniDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences (DIVAS), Università degli Studi di Milano, Via dell' Università, 26900 Lodi, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9785-4031
Matteo OttoboniDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences (DIVAS), Università degli Studi di Milano, Via dell' Università, 26900 Lodi, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0123-3888
Federica CheliDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences (DIVAS), Università degli Studi di Milano, Via dell' Università, 26900 Lodi, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2682-8685
Luciano PinottiDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences (DIVAS), Università degli Studi di Milano, Via dell' Università, 26900 Lodi, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0337-9426
University of Milan · ITAssociazione Regionale Allevatori della Lombardia · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aflatoxins (AFs) remain the main concern for the agricultural and dairy industries due to their effects on the performances and quality of livestock production. Aflatoxins are always unavoidable and should be monitored. The objective of this paper is to bring to light a significant volume of data on AF contamination in several animal feed ingredients in Northern Italy. The Regional Breeders Association of Lombardy has been conducting a survey program to monitor mycotoxin contamination in animal feeds, and in this paper, we present data relating to AFB1 contamination. In most cases (95%), the concentrations were low enough to ensure compliance with the European Union's (EU's) maximum admitted levels for animal feed ingredients. However, the data show a high variability in AF contamination between different matrices and, within the same matrix, a high variability year over year. High levels of AFs were detected in maize and cotton, especially in the central part of the second decade of this century, i.e., 2015-2018, which has shown a higher risk of AF contamination in feed materials in Northern Italy. Variability due to climate change and the international commodity market affect future prospects to predict the presence of AFs. Supplier monitoring and control and reduced buying of contaminated raw materials, as well as performing analyses of each batch, help reduce AF spread.

Indexed as

AflatoxinsMycotoxinsAflatoxin B1Animal FeedAnimalsFood ContaminationAflatoxin B1AflatoxinsMycotoxinsAFB1aflatoxinsanimal feedmaizemonitoring programmycotoxins

Identifiers

PMID36356013
PMCPMC9699321
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