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Table 4 Zearalenone concentrations in feedsa

From: Occurrence of Aflatoxin B1, deoxynivalenol and zearalenone in feeds in China during 2018–2020

Item

Year

NO. of samples

Positive samples, μg/kg

Numbers of samples in the range, μg/kg

The rate of over standard, %

%

Mean

Medain

Maximum

< 10

10–250

250–500

500–2000

Corn

2018

229

96.9

68.2

47.3

480.8

7

214

8

0

0

2019

255

99.6

62.0

48.3

320.0

1

251

3

0

0

2020

215

100

140.7

108.1

822.0

0

182

28

5

2.3

Dried distillers grains with soluble

2018

82

100

141.1

113.8

614.6

0

72

7

3

0

2019

22

100

214.0

149.1

956.7

0

13

8

1

0

2020

23

100

144.9

96.1

350.1

0

18

5

0

0

Corn germ meal

2018

28

100

135.1

64.5

706.7

0

24

2

2

7.1

2019

23

100

144.9

108.8

416.8

0

18

5

0

0

2020

10

100

250.1

226.0

561.1

0

5

4

1

10

Corn bran

2018

33

100

146.9

79.7

742.6

0

27

4

2

0

2019

19

100

105.7

73.7

343.8

0

17

2

0

0

2020

16

100

183.5

140.6

475.2

0

12

4

0

0

Corn gluten meal

2018

21

100

105.6

69.4

505.7

0

19

1

1

4.8

2019

4

100

54.9

39.4

116.6

0

4

0

0

0

2020

1

100

326.8

326.8

326.8

0

0

1

0

0

Wheat

2018

110

99.1

100

83.4

573.7

1

106

2

1

0

2019

34

97.1

61.2

45.5

210.8

1

33

0

0

0

2020

27

100

104.9

72.7

369.1

0

24

3

0

0

Wheat middling

2018

34

100

87.7

77.9

190.3

0

34

0

0

0

2019

45

100

105.9

72.0

906.9

0

42

2

1

0

2020

28

100

132.9

94.1

852.8

0

26

1

1

0

Wheat bran

2018

148

100

92.0

81.8

280.6

0

146

2

0

0

2019

85

100

91.5

83.4

346.3

0

83

2

0

0

2020

41

100

170.6

108.1

604.8

0

32

7

2

0

Soybean meal

2018

118

100

74.3

66.2

339.9

0

116

2

0

0

2019

23

100

91.1

54.8

522.0

0

21

1

1

0

2020

36

100

79.7

51.7

288.8

0

34

2

0

0

Wheat flour

2019

4

100

54.0

48.9

87.9

0

4

0

0

0

2020

13

100

67.5

64.2

207.2

0

13

0

0

0

Soybean bran

2018

1

100

48.1

48.1

48.1

0

1

0

0

0

2019

4

100

96.3

90.3

176.8

0

4

0

0

0

2020

19

100

177.7

113.5

826.8

0

14

5

0

0

Rapeseed meal

2018

24

100

79.9

66.2

336.3

0

23

1

0

0

2019

4

100

59.3

50.9

92.1

0

4

0

0

0

2020

5

100

58.3

47.8

85.3

0

5

0

0

0

Peanut meal

2018

27

100

76.1

76.9

118.1

0

27

0

0

0

2019

5

100

89.4

79.3

118.1

0

5

0

0

0

2020

9

100

105.8

77.3

227.9

0

9

0

0

0

Fish meal

2018

67

100

54.3

48.8

175.9

0

67

0

0

0

2019

12

100

50.2

31.3

175.9

0

12

0

0

0

Grass grain

2018

66

100

115.9

88.2

614.6

0

62

2

2

0

2019

40

100

125.4

74.3

1,599.0

0

38

1

1

2.5

2020

16

100

206.1

140.8

674.2

0

11

4

1

0

Unite bran

2018

12

100

60.8

45.9

127.2

0

12

0

0

0

2019

13

100

117.2

66.5

478.1

0

12

1

0

0

2020

15

100

109.5

95.9

278.7

0

14

1

0

0

Rice bran

2019

4

100

176.9

168.5

299.3

0

3

1

0

0

2020

14

100

75.8

62.3

278.7

0

13

1

0

0

Complete pig feed

2018

317

98.4

67.2

48.1

513.0

5

301

9

2

3.5

2019

213

100

84.3

65.6

1,599.0

0

209

2

2

1.9

2020

89

100

93.1

91.6

268.1

0

88

1

0

3.4

Complete poultry feed

2018

248

99.6

59.8

51.5

331.9

1

245

2

0

0

2019

144

100

109.2

75.2

622.4

0

133

8

3

2.1

2020

179

100

155.1

118.8

852.8

0

153

22

4

2.2

Complete ruminant feed

2018

117

100

90.6

50.3

906.9

0

107

8

2

1.7

2019

46

97.8

79.2

77.5

223.1

1

45

0

0

0

2020

62

100

124.9

105.5

376.3

0

55

7

0

0

  1. aPositive samples are defined as those with zearalenone ≥10 μg/kg (LOD)