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Poster award winner
Congratulations to Scarlett Biselli and co-workers for winning the Participant's Voice Poster Award for the best poster presented at the third conference of the World Mycotoxin Forum:

Sampling variability - investigation of variability associated with testing lots of wheat kernels for deoxynivalenol and ochratoxin A (case study truck)
S. Biselli, J. Bruer, C. Persin, M. Schuh and M. Syben
Eurofins / Wiertz-Eggert-Joerissen, Germany

Posters
PROGRESS ON MAJOR MYCOTOXINS

Mycotoxins in foodstuffs of plant origin in the Czech Republic - results from the official monitoring programme and import control 2003 - 2005
S. Barsová, Z. Svec and P. Cuhra
Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority, Inspectorate in Prague, Czech Republic

Comparison of Fusarium toxins contents in cereal based food and feed products
S. Biselli and C. Hummert
Eurofins / Wiertz-Eggert-Joerissen, Germany

Aflatoxin M1 and M2 in Dutch infant formula
G. Boonzaaijer and W.A. van Osenbruggen
TNO Quality of Life, the Netherlands

Survey for aflatoxin and ochratoxin A contamination in EU dry-fruit imports from Turkey with special regard on figs
C. Hummert, L. Boers and S. Biselli
Eurofins / Wiertz-Eggert-Joerissen, Germany

The S strain of Aspergillus flavus is associated with the highly contaminated maize that resulted in deadly aflatoxicoses in Kenya during 2004
C. Probst, H. Njapau and P.J. Cotty
University of Arizona, Division of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, USA, CFSAN, Food and Drug Administration, USA and Agricultural Research Service, USDA, University of Arizona, USA

Analysis of wines, grape juices and cranberry juices for Alternaria toxins
P. Scott, G. Lawrence and B. Lau
Health Canada, Food Research Division, Canada

Incidence and levels of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in breakfast and infant cereals sold in Canada
J. Tam, M. Mankotia, M. Mably, P. Pantazopoulos, M. Samadhin, R.J. Neil and P. Scott
Health Canada, Health Products and Food Branch, Food Laboratory Division, Canada and Health Canada, Food Research Division, Canada

Determination of citrinin and ochratoxin A by Penicillium verrucosum in olives
D. Zorlutuna and D. Heperkan
Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, Department of Food Engineering, Turkey

MYCOTOXIN PREVENTION

Effects of roasting with lemon juice and/or citric acid on degradation of aflatoxins in contaminated pistachio nuts
M. Amirahmadi, H. Yazdanpanah and O. Sabzevari
Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Food and Drug Control Laboratories, Iran, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Iran and Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Department of Toxicology and Pharmacology, Iran

Control of European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilasis) in maize and mycotoxin contamination
M. Blandino, A. Alma, A. Reyneri and F.Vanara
University of Turin, Department of Agronomy, Italy

Field strategy for mycotoxin control in maize
G. Burato, G. Maffioli, A. Maiorano and A. Reyneri
Pioneer Hi-Bred Italia, Italy and University of Turin, Department of Agronomy, Italy

Targeting stress-response genes for control of aspergilli: target-gene based bioassays using antifungal natural compounds
B.C. Campbell, J.H. Kim, J. Yu, D. Bhatnagar and T.E. Cleveland
USDA-ARS, Western Regional Research Center, Plant Mycotoxin Research Unit, USA and USDA-ARS, Southern Regional Research Center, Food and Feed Safety Unit, USA

Re-evaluating the pH effect on mycotoxin synthesis and differentiation in Aspergillus nidulans (Emericella nidulans (Eidam Winter)) and A. parasiticus (Speare)
F. Delgado-Virgen, D. Guzmán-de-Peña and J. Ruiz-Herrera
CINVESTAV-IPN, Unidad Irapuato, Mexico

Fusarium mycotoxins in UK cereals
S.G. Edwards
Harper Adams University College, Crop and Environment Research Centre, UK

Investigations into the effect of flowering on the production of mycotoxins in wheat by Fusarium graminearum
F.M. Ellner and R. Schuster
Federal Biological Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Institute for Ecotoxicology and Ecochemistry in Plant Protection, Germany

Application of HACCP to control mycotoxins in dry grind ethanol byproduct production
D.F. Kendra
USDA-ARS, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Mycotoxin Research Unit, USA

Two-dimensional profiles of germination, growth and fumonisin B1 production by Fusarium section Liseola in relation to environmental factors
S. Marin, N. Magan, N. Belli, A.J. Ramos and V. Sanchis
University of Lleida, CeRTA-UTPV Food Technology Department, Spain and Cranfield University, Institute of BioScience and Technology, Applied Mycology Group, UK

Ribosomal resistance to trichothecene toxins
R. Mitterbauer, D. Lucyshyn, S. Abolmaali, B. Busch, B. Poppenberger, A. Mousavi, H. Weindorfer, H. Bürstmayr, B. Steiner, M. Lemmens and G. Adam
University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Institute of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, Austria, National Research Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Tehran, Iran and IFA-Tulln, Institute for Plant Production Biotechnology, Austria

Ecophysiological approaches to improving biocontrol of Penicillium verrucosum and ochratoxin in moist grain using the yeast Pichia anomala
S. Mokiou and N. Magan
Cranfield University, Biotechnology Center, Applied Mycology Group, UK

Inactivation of the Fusarium toxin deoxynivalenol by glucosylation
B. Poppenberger, F. Berthiller, W. Schweiger, R. Mitterbauer, R. Schuhmacher, R. Krska, M. Lemmens, H. Buerstmayr and G. Adam
University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Institute of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, Austria, IFA-Tulln, Center for Analytical Chemistry, Austria and IFA-Tulln, Institute for Plant Production Biotechnology, Austria

Deoxynivalenol exposure in UK adults: reduction by dietary intervention
P.C. Turner, V.J. Buerley, K.L.M. White, A.E. Sutcliffe, J. Rothwell, J.E. Cade and C.P. Wild
Molecular Epidemiology Unit and Nutritional Epidemiology Group, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Leeds Institute of Genetics, Health and Therapeutics University of Leeds, UK

Mycotoxin control in the maize food chain
F. Vanara, M. Blandino and A. Reyneri
University of Turin, Department of Agronomy, Forestry and Land Management, Italy

Early warning of Fusarium mycotoxin risks by modelling and quantitative
detection of fungi and mycotoxins in animal feed production chains
C. Waalwijk, J. Köhl, I. van der Fels-Klerx and K. Booij
Plant Research International, the Netherlands and RIKILT-Institute of Food Safety, the Netherlands

MYCOTOXIN ANALYSIS

Fast, sensitive polyclonal antibody-based ELISA test for the detection and quantitation of the mycotoxin zearalenone in food commodities
M.M. Abouzied, S.A. Ranke and M. Mozola
Neogen Corporation, USA

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for determination of zearalenone in cereals and biological fluids
I. Barna-Vetró, E. Szabó, G. Szabó and L. Solti
Institute of Environmental Biosafety, Agricultural Biotechnology Center, Hungary and Faculty of Veterinary Science, Department and Clinic of Obstetrics and Reproduction, Hungary

Sampling variability - investigation of variability associated with testing lots of wheat kernels for deoxynivalenol and ochratoxin A (case study truck)
S. Biselli, J. Bruer, C. Persin, M. Schuh and M. Syben
Eurofins / Wiertz-Eggert-Joerissen, Germany

Mycotoxins and certified reference materials - a short overview
G. Buttinger
EC-DG JRC Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM), Belgium

Using fluorescence polarisation for mycotoxin detection - a new generation of rapid and quantitative immunoassays
U. Dahmen-Levison, S. Levison and F. Mallwitz
Aokin AG, Germany

Development of a LC-MS/MS method for the simultaneous determination of mycotoxins on cellulose filters and in fungal cultures
B. Delmulle, S. De Saeger and C. van Peteghem
Ghent University, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Food Analysis, Belgium

Detection and quantification of mycotoxins using multiple-use, in-line immunoaffinity chromatography combined with HPLC
P. Garms, G. Essche, S. Smith and R. Rhemrev-Boom
GRACE Davison, USA

Isotope labelled internal standard for better quantification of deoxynivalenol in
cereals
G. Häubl, F. Berthiller, R. Krska, G. Jaunecker, M. Freudenschuss and E.-M. Binder
IFA-Tulln, Center for Analytical Chemistry, Austria and Biopure Referenzsubstanzen GmbH, Austria

The detection of aflatoxins by optical biosensor analysis
S.A. Haughey, G.A. Baxter, C.E.N. Jones, R. O'Kennedy, L.P. Dunee and S.C. Stapleton
Xenosense Ltd., UK and Dublin City University, School of Biotechnology and National Centre for Sensors Research (NCSR), Ireland

Direct in situ measurement of mycotoxin concentrations
P.V. Lambeck and J.-W. Verhoef
OptiSense B.V., the Netherlands

Validation of screening test kit Ochracard for the determination of ochratoxins in wine
V. Mergoni, S. Bevis, A. Gualla and A. Pietri
Or Sell srl, Italy, R-Biopharm Rhône Ltd, UK and Università Cattolica Sacro del Cuore, Istituto di Scienze degli alimenti e della nutrizione (I.S.A.N.), Italy

The efficiency of different extraction solvent mixtures used in analyses of aflatoxins from a certified peanut meal reference material
T.E. Möller and M. Nyberg
National Food Administration, Sweden

In-house validation of a method for patulin determination in apple fruit derivatives at 10 µg/kg level
Mª.A. Suárez, R. Pujol and F. Centrich
Laboratori de l'Agencia de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Spain

Development of a HPLC-MS/MS based method for screening the most relevant types of mycotoxins in a single chromatographic run
M. Sulyok, F. Berthiller, R. Schuhmacher and R. Krska
IFA-Tulln, Center for Analytical Chemistry , Austria

Quantitative determination of aflatoxin in grain from 0 to 25 ppb using a lateral flow assay and reader
M. Tess and S.J. Saul
Charm Sciences, Inc., USA

Feasibility study for the production of certified calibrants for the determination of deoxynivalenol and other B-trichothecenes
E. Welzig and R. Krska
IFA-Tulln, Center for Analytical Chemistry, Austria

Rapid determination of ochratoxin A in rice and bread by immunoaffinity
column clean-up and liquid chromatography using a monolithic column with
fluorescence detection
H. Yazdanpanah, F. Aboul-fathi, A. Khoddam and S.M. Foroutan
Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Iran, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Food and Drug Control Laboratories, Iran, Noor Research and Educational Institute, Iran and Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Department of Pharmaceutics, Iran

A new AgraStripTM total aflatoxin lateral flow test
M. Zheng, K. Siau Tong, N. Wei Sze and J. Binder
Romer Labs Singapore Pte Ltd, Singapore

MYCOTOXINS IN THE FEED CHAIN

Effect of deoxynivalenol (DON) content of the concentrate on milk yield and milk quality
Y.M. Acosta, J.M. Mieres and A. La Manna
INIA La Estanzuela, Uruguay

Effect of dietary Mycosorb on aflatoxicosis in broilers. I. Performance, serum biochemistry and haematology parameters
H. Basmacioglu, H. Oguz, M. Ergül, R. Çöl, Y.O. Birdane
Agean University, Department of Animal Science, Turkey, Selçuk University, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Turkey, Selçuk University, Department of Physiology, Turkey and Afyon Kocatepe University, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Turkey

Effect of Mycosorb on aflatoxicosis in broilers. II. Gross examination and histopathology
H. Basmacioglu1, M. Karaman2, M. Ortatatlr and H. Oguz
Agean University, Department of Animal Science, Turkey, Kafkas University, Department of Pathology, Turkey, Selçuk University, Department of Pathology, Turkey and Selçuk University, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Turkey

Transmission of ochratoxin A into ewe's milk following a single or chronic ingestion of contaminated feed
H. Boudra, D. Alvarez, J.-P. Jouany and D. P. Morgavi
INRA, Clermont-Ferrand Theix Research Centre, Herbivores Research Unit, France

Occurrence of mycotoxins in animal feedstuffs of Thailand
K. Charoenpornsook and P. Kavisarasai
Thammasat University, Department Food Science and Technology, Thailand and Bureau of Quality Control of Livestock Product, Thailand

Toxicity of different trichothecene mycotoxins on growth performance, immune responses and efficacy of a mycotoxin degradation enzyme in pigs
Y.-H. Cheng and B.-J. Chen
National I-Lan University, Department of Animal Science, Taiwan and National Taiwan University, Department of Animal Science, Taiwan

A review of the interactions between mycotoxins and immunity in poultry
M. Cortyl
Impextraco NV, Singapore

A review of the interactions between mycotoxins and immunity in pigs
M. Cortyl
Impextraco NV, Singapore

New methods for efficacy testing of mycotoxin inactivators
M. Cortyl
Impextraco NV, Singapore

Efficacy of a glucomannan-containing yeast product (Mycosorb) and hydrated sodium calcium aluminosilicate to reduce the individual and combined toxicity of aflatoxin and T-2 toxin in commercial broilers
G. Devegowda and C. K. Girish
University of Agricultural Sciences, India

Use of a glucomannan-containing yeast product (Mycosorb) to reduce the effects of ochratoxin A in broiler chickens
G. Devegowda and K. L. Aravind
University of Agricultral Sciences, India

Mycotoxins in grass and maize silage for dairy cattle
F. Driehuis and M.C. te Giffel
NIZO food research, the Netherlands

Aflatoxin B1 intoxication in piglets: consequences on liver drug metabolising
enzymes and on immune response
G.M. Meissonnier, J. Laffitte, P. Pinton, A.-M. Cossalter, I. Raymond, E. Benoit, N. Loiseau, G.Bertin, I.P. Oswald and P. Galtier
INRA-UR66 Pharmacologie-Toxicologie, France, Alltech France, France, ENVT, Department Histologie, France and ENVL, UMR 1233, France

In vivo protective effects of dietary esterified glucomannan on aflatoxin B1 intoxication in piglets
G.M. Meissonnier, J. Laffitte, P. Pinton, A.-M. Cossalter, I. Raymond,
E. Benoit, N. Loiseau, G.Bertin, I.P. Oswald and P. Galtier            
INRA-UR66 Pharmacologie-Toxicologie, France, Alltech France, France, ENVT, Department Histologie, France and ENVL, UMR 1233, France

Education in the diagnosis of poultry mycotoxicosis
L. Nollet
Alltech Biotechnology Centre, Ireland

Impact of fumonisin B1 on the pig immune response
I.P. Oswald, D. Marin, S. Bouhet, P. Pinton and I. Taranu
INRA, Laboratoire de Pharmacologie-Toxicologie and IBNA, Romania

Effects of feeding grains naturally-contaminated with Fusarium mycotoxins on hepatic fractional protein synthesis rates of laying hens and the efficacy of a polymeric glucomannan mycotoxin adsorbent in prevention of these effects
T.K. Smith and S.R. Chowdhury
University of Guelph, Department of Animal and Poultry Science, Canada

Effects of feeding grains naturally-contaminated with Fusarium mycotoxins on performance and metabolism of first parturition sows during lactation, and the efficacy of a polymeric glucomannan mycotoxin adsorbent in preventing these effects
T.K. Smith and G. Diaz-Llano
University of Guelph, Department of Animal and Poultry Science, Canada

Prevention of the effects of feeding grains naturally contaminated with Fusarium mycotoxins to gestating gilts with a polymeric glucomannan mycotoxin adsorbent
T.K. Smith and G. Diaz-Llano
University of Guelph, Department of Animal and Poultry Science, Canada

Isolation and characterisation of microorganisms for the biological inactivation of fumonisins
M. Täubel, W.-D. Moll, E. Vekiru, A. Frank, A.P. Loibner, R. Braun and
G. Schatzmayr
Biomin GmbH, Austria, IFA-Tulln, Center for Analytical Chemistry, Austria and University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Institute for Environmental Biotechnology, Austria

In vitro investigations of various adsorbents for their ability to deactivate aflatoxin B1
E. Vekiru, S. Fruhauf, M. Sahin and G. Schatzmayr
IFA-Tulln, Center for Analytical Chemistry, Austria and Biomin GmbH, Austria

The chemical mechanisms involved in the complex-forming properties of organic adsorbent extracted from Saccharomyces cerevisiae toward mycotoxins
A. Yiannikouris, G. Bertin and J.-P. Jouany
National Centre of Scientific Research (CNRS), Group of Bio-inorganic Analytical Chemistry, France, Alltech France, France and INRA, Centre de Clermont-Theix, Unité de Recherches sur les Herbivores, France
 

 

 

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