Publications by authors named "Celeste Le Bourhis"
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- Researchers measured zearalenone (ZEN) and its metabolites in the livers of turkeys and chickens fed different diets, including one with various mycotoxins.
- The study found ZEN and zearalenols (ZOLs) present mostly in their conjugated forms, with α-ZOL being the most prevalent.
- A diet with multiple mycotoxins notably increased total metabolite levels in chickens' livers, especially free forms of α-ZOL, while no traces were found in muscle tissue, indicating that other toxins may affect ZEN metabolism.
Although provisional maximum tolerable daily intake and recommended guidelines have been established for fumonisins (FB) in food, few data are available concerning levels of FB in edible animal tissues. Such data are of particular interest in avian species that can tolerate relatively high levels of fumonisins in their feed. Also, even if multiple contamination of animal feed by toxins produced by is very frequent, little is known about the consequences of multiple contamination for FB levels in tissues.
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