An outbreak of canine aflatoxicosis in Gauteng Province, South Africa

dc.contributor.authorArnot, L.F. (Luke)
dc.contributor.authorDuncan, N.M. (Neil)
dc.contributor.authorCoetzer, Heleen
dc.contributor.authorBotha, C.J. (Christoffel Jacobus)
dc.contributor.emailchristo.botha@up.ac.zaen
dc.date.accessioned2012-05-28T07:53:30Z
dc.date.available2012-05-28T07:53:30Z
dc.date.issued2012-03-29
dc.description.abstractSporadic outbreaks of aflatoxicosis occur in dogs when they consume contaminated dog food. During 2011, low-cost brands of pelleted dog food were contaminated with very high concentrations of aflatoxins. Approximately 100 dogs were presented to the Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital. Clinically, the dogs were depressed to collapsed and icteric, with haematemesis, melaena and haematochezia. The most common pathological findings were icterus, gastro-enterorrhagia and hepatosis. On histopathological examination, fatty hepatosis and bile duct proliferation were observed. A consistent, very characteristic finding was the presence of a blue-grey granular material within the bile ducts. A total of 124 samples of the dog food fed to the affected dogs was analysed to determine aflatoxin concentrations. Concentrations ranged from below the limit of quantification (< 5 μg/kg) to 4946 μg/kg and six samples were submitted to determine the ratio of aflatoxins in the feed. It is estimated that well over 220 dogs died in the Gauteng Province of South Africa as a result of this aflatoxin outbreak.en
dc.description.librarianmn2012en
dc.description.urihttp://www.jsava.co.zaen
dc.identifier.citationArnot LF, Duncan NM, Coetzer H, Botha CJ. An outbreak of canine aflatoxicosis in Gauteng Province, South Africa. Jl S Afr vet Ass. 2012;83(1), Art. #2, 4 pages. http://dx.DOI.org/ 10.4102/jsava.v83i1.2en
dc.identifier.issn0038-2809
dc.identifier.other7006558662
dc.identifier.otherO-5991-2014
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/18945
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherOpenJournals Publishingen
dc.rights© 2012. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS OpenJournals. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en
dc.subjectAflatoxicosisen
dc.subjectDogs -- Fooden
dc.subjectFood contaminationen
dc.subjectGautengen
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshAflatoxins -- South Africaen
dc.subject.lcshPoisoning in animalsen
dc.subject.lcshVeterinary toxicology -- South Africaen
dc.titleAn outbreak of canine aflatoxicosis in Gauteng Province, South Africaen
dc.typeArticleen

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