Current challenges in the diagnosis of zearalenone toxicosis as illustrated by a field case of hyperestrogenism in suckling piglets

Table 2 Concentrations (μg/kg) of most relevant mycotoxins in analyzed hay pellet sample

Mycotoxin Group	Mycotoxin	Concentration (μg/kg)
Mycotoxins with regulated maximum/guidance levels^a	Aflatoxin B₁	< LOD^b
	Sum of ergot alkaloids	27.4
	Deoxynivalenol	< LOD
	Sum of fumonisin B₁ and fumonisin B₂	< LOD
	Ochratoxin A	< LOD
	Zearalenone	479
Zearalenone derivatives	α-zearalenol	11.7
	β-zearalenol	16.9
	Zearalenone-glucoside	< LOD
	Zearalenone-sulfate	530
Other trichothecenes	3-Acetyl-Deoxynivalenol	< LOD
	15-Acetyl-Deoxynivalenol	< LOD
	Nivalenol	91.3
	T-2 toxin	78.9
	HT-2 toxin	< LOD
Alternaria toxins	Alternariol	47.8
	Alternariolmethylether	6.3

^aAccording to regulations/recommendations set by the European Commission for livestock feeds [13, 72]
^bLOD, limit of detection; exact values can be retrieved from [25, 26]

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