To comparatively determine the levels of aflatoxin (AF) B 1 in feedstuffs and of AFM 1 in milk from semiarid industrial cattle farms in northeastern Iran during four seasons and to elucidate the effects of mixed AFB 1 and AFM 1 on bovine granulocytes, 72 feedstuffs (concentrate, silage, and totally mixed ration (TMR)) and 200 bulk milk samples were simultaneously collected for ELISA-based AFs detection. Isolated blood and milk neutrophils ( = 8/treatment) were also preincubated with mix of 10 ng/ml AFB 1 and 10 ng/ml AFM 1 for 12 h; the impact was assessed on neutrophils functions. AFB 1 levels in feedstuffs averaged 28 g/kg (4-127 g/kg), with TMR maximal (38 ± 6.3 g/kg), concentrate (32 ± 6.5 g/kg), and silage (16 ± 1.5 g/kg). The levels of AFB 1 and AFM 1 in feedstuffs and milk averaged 42 ± 9.3, 27 ± 2.8, 26 ± 4.1, and 18.5 ± 2.8 g/kg and 85 ± 7.3, 62 ± 6.1, 46 ± 6.2, and 41 ± 6.5 ppb g/kg in winter (maximal), autumn, spring, and summer, respectively. Mix of AFB 1 and AFM 1 weakened various functions of granulocytes. It adds new reason why during winter semiarid raised food-producing animals show more immune-incompetence.
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