Original Research
A comparison of mycotoxin contamination of premium and grocery brands of pelleted cat food in South Africa
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association | Vol 88 | a1480 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/jsava.v88i0.1480
| © 2017 Sanil D. Singh, Sooraj Baijnath, Anil A. Chuturgoon
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 21 October 2016 | Published: 22 November 2017
Submitted: 21 October 2016 | Published: 22 November 2017
About the author(s)
Sanil D. Singh, Biomedical Resource Centre, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaSooraj Baijnath, Discipline of Medical Biochemistry, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Anil A. Chuturgoon, Discipline of Medical Biochemistry, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Abstract
Contamination with mycotoxins is of concern to pet owners and veterinary practitioners owing to their ability to cause disease and exacerbate the pathological changes associated with other diseases. Currently, there is a lack of information regarding the mycotoxin content of common premium brand (PB) and grocery brand (GB) cat feeds. Therefore, we undertook to determine the mycobiota content of feed samples, from both categories (n = 6 each), and measured the levels of aflatoxin (AF), fumonisin (FB), ochratoxin A (OTA) and zearalenone (ZEA) by high performance liquid chromatographic analysis. There were high concentrations of mycotoxins in both categories of feed, regardless of the notion that PBs are of a higher quality. The concentration of these toxins may contribute to the development of related pathologies in felines.
Keywords
premium brands; grocery brands; aflatoxin; fumonisin; ochratoxin; zearalenone
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