Detection of aflatoxin b1 in chicken and quail livers in Mosul City

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Seventy eight liver samples were collected during spring season (April to June / 2013), from different meat markets in Mosul city, distributed into 3 liver poultry types, 26 for each of quail, local broiler and imported broiler liver samples for estimation of liver residual AFB1 concentrations using competitive enzyme immunoassay ELISA kit.

Results revealed that all tested quail livers (100 %) were positive for residual AFB1, followed by livers of imported broilers (92.30 %), while in the third order were those belonged to the local broilers (80.76 %), with mean values of 2.280, 1.024 and 0.885 ppb respectively.

The significance of residual AFB1 of poultry livers on human health was discussed.