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MEAT SCIENCE
Volume 96, Issue 1, Pages 203-210Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2013.07.005
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Ochratoxin A; Pigs; Raw materials; Cooked meat products; ELISA; HPLC-FD
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The aim of this study was to determine ochratoxin A (OTA) concentrations in the raw materials and cooked meat products made from pigs sub-chronically exposed to OTA. The treated animal group (n = 5) was administered with 300 mu g OTA/kg of feed for 30 days, whereas the control group (n = 5) was left untreated. OTA concentrations were quantified using immunoassay (ELISA) and high performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection (HPLC-FD). OTA concentration was the highest in the kidney, followed by the lungs, liver, blood, spleen, heart, and adipose tissue. As for the final meat products, the highest average OTA concentration was detected in black pudding sausages (14.02 +/- 2.75 mu g/kg), then in liver sausages (13.77 +/- 3.92 mu g/kg), while the lowest was found in pale (933 +/- 2.66 mu g/kg). The results pointed out that a sub-chronic pig exposure leads to the accumulation of OTA in raw materials and consequently in meat products, whose level of contamination is directly dependent on OTA contents in raw materials used for their production. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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