INVESTIGATION OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF ZEARALENONE AND ITS METABOLITES IN THE PIGS FED WITH FEED CONTAMINATED BY ZEARALENONE

Abstract

Male pigs with an initial body weight of 60 kg were fed with fodder containing 15 ppm zearalenone. After two weeks the zearalenone resp. zearalenol content was measured by capillary gaschromatography. It was found that the zearalenone resp. zearalenol content of different muscle tissues is lower than 10 μg/kg. Zearalenone was detected in faeces, urine, liver and kidneys in a quantity of 3700, 450, 70 and 30 μg/kg resp. Zearalenol was also detected in faeces, urine, liver and kidney, the amount of alfa-zearalenol was always higher than that of beta-stereoisomer.