Severe hepatopathy in geese and broilers associated with ochratoxin in their feed

摘要: The feeding of a shipment imported corn was associated with severe reduction in growth and increased mortality geese, broilers. Pathological examinations revealed hepatopathy, visceral gout mild nephropathy broilers an which often severe, ascites. Samples feed from affected geese farms were examined for up to 24 mycotoxins, ochratoxin found 6 15 samples at levels 930 ng/g. syndrome experimentally reproduced by suspect feeds the natural contamination. It is believed that another, unidentified, mycotoxin major cause hepatotoxicity, served this case as indicator multi-mycotoxin involvement.