occurrence of ochratoxin a in the wild boar (sus scrofa) chemical and histological analysis赭曲霉毒素a的出现野猪(野猪)化学和组织学分析.pdfVIP

Toxins 2012, 4, 1440-1450; doi:10.3390/toxins4121440 OPEN ACCESS toxins ISSN 2072-6651 /journal/toxins Article Occurrence of Ochratoxin A in the Wild Boar (Sus scrofa): Chemical and Histological Analysis Giancarlo Bozzo 1, Edmondo Ceci 1,*, Elisabetta Bonerba 1, Angela Di Pinto 1, 1 2 Giuseppina Tantillo and Elvira De Giglio 1 Department of Veterinary Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Valenzano, Bari 70010, Italy; E-Mails: giancarlo.bozzo@uniba.it (G.B.); elisabetta.bonerba@uniba.it (E.B.); angela.dipinto@uniba.it (A.P.); giuseppina.tantillo@uniba.it (G.T.) 2 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Mathematics, Physics and Naturals, University of Bari, Via Orabona, Bari 70125, Italy; E-Mail: elvira.degiglio@uniba.it * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: e.ceci@veterinaria.uniba.it; Tel.: +39-80-544-3851; Fax: +39-80-544-3855. Received: 11 September 2012; in revised form: 30 October 2012 / Accepted: 23 November 2012 / Published: 4 December 2012 Abstract: Ochratoxins are fungal secondary metabolites that may contaminate a broad variety of foodstuffs, such as grains, vegetables, coffee, dried fruits, beer, wine and meats. Ochratoxins are nephrotoxins, carcinogens, teratogens and immunotoxins in rats and are also likely to be in humans. In 2009/2010, a survey of the presence of Ochratoxin A (OTA) in regularly hunted wild boars in the Calabria region of southern It