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    Highly deoxynivalenol contaminated oats and immune function in horses (2012)

    Art
    Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag
    Autoren
    Khol-Parisini, Annabella
    Hellweg, Petra
    Razzazi-Fazeli, Ebrahim
    Saalmüller, Armin
    Strasser, Alois
    Tichy, Alexander
    Zentek, Jürgen
    Quelle
    Archives of animal nutrition = Archiv für Tierernährung
    Bandzählung: 66
    Heftzählung: 2
    Seiten: 149 – 161
    ISSN: 0003-942x
    Sprache
    Englisch
    Verweise
    Pubmed: 22641926
    Kontakt
    Institut für Tierernährung

    Königin-Luise-Str. 49
    14195 Berlin
    +49 30 838 52256
    tierernaehrung@vetmed.fu-berlin.de

    Abstract / Zusammenfassung

    The aim of the present study was to investigate the impact of deoxynivalenol (DON) on cellular and humoral immune parameters in horses. A feeding trial using naturally contaminated oats with high (20.2 mg/kg) and low (0.49 mg/kg) levels of DON was conducted. Two groups of five mares were fed 2 kg oats daily with high or low DON levels for two weeks, using a crossover design with a three-week wash-out period. No adverse effects on general health were observed. Only minor diet-related changes in differential blood counts and serum biochemistry were noted. Serum haptoglobin concentration was significantly elevated after feeding DON (p = 0.04). Lymphocyte subsets (CD4+ CD8+, CD2+, CD21+, MHCII+) and lymphocyte proliferation data (concanavalin A, phytohemagglutinin, pokeweed mitogen) were not different between feeding-groups. It can be concluded that daily DON intakes as high as 6.9 to 9.5 mg/100 kg BW appear to have no major impact on the measured immune response of horses, indicating that this species has a high tolerance for DON.