Status of aflatoxin contamination in cow milk produced in smallholder dairy farms in urban and peri-urban areas of Nairobi County: A case study of Kasarani sub county, Kenya

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationJomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technologyen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Nairobien
cg.contributor.affiliationMaseno Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationUppsala Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationSwedish University of Agricultural Sciencesen
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.donorMinistry of Foreign Affairs, Finlanden
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KE
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierDelia Grace: 0000-0002-0195-9489en
cg.creator.identifierJohanna Lindahl: 0000-0002-1175-0398en
cg.creator.identifierFlorence Mutua: 0000-0002-1007-5511en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/20008686.2018.1547095en
cg.issn2000-8686en
cg.issue1en
cg.journalInfection Ecology and Epidemiologyen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriAFLATOXINSen
cg.subject.ilriDAIRYINGen
cg.subject.ilriFOOD SAFETYen
cg.subject.ilriHEALTHen
cg.volume9en
dc.contributor.authorKagera, Ireneen
dc.contributor.authorKahenya, Peteren
dc.contributor.authorMutua, Florence K.en
dc.contributor.authorAnyango, Gladysen
dc.contributor.authorKyallo, Florenceen
dc.contributor.authorGrace, Deliaen
dc.contributor.authorLindahl, Johanna F.en
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-12T07:17:23Zen
dc.date.available2018-12-12T07:17:23Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/98543
dc.titleStatus of aflatoxin contamination in cow milk produced in smallholder dairy farms in urban and peri-urban areas of Nairobi County: A case study of Kasarani sub county, Kenyaen
dcterms.abstractIntroduction: Milk consumption in Kenya supersedes other countries in East Africa. However, milk contamination with aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) is common, but the magnitude of this exposure and the health risks are poorly understood and need to be monitored routinely. This study aimed at assessing the awareness, knowledge and practices of urban and peri-urban farmers about aflatoxins and determining the levels of aflatoxin contamination in on-farm milk in a selected area within Nairobi County. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study was undertaken to assess aflatoxin contamination levels of milk in Kasarani sub-county. A total of 84 milk samples were collected from small-holder dairy farms and analyzed for AFM1 using Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA). Results and Discussion: Ninety nine percent of the samples (83/84) analysed were contaminated with AFM1. The mean aflatoxin level was 84 ng/kg with 64% of the samples exceeding the EU legal limit of 50 ng/kg. Whereas 80% of the farmers were aware of aflatoxin, there was no correlation between farmers’ knowledge and gender with AFM1 prevalence. Conclusion: This study concludes that AFM1 is a frequent contaminant in milk and there is need to enhance farmers awareness on mitigation.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2018-11-27en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationKagera, I., Kahenya, P., Mutua, F., Anyango, G., Kyallo, F., Grace, D. and Lindahl, J. 2019. Status of aflatoxin contamination in cow milk produced in smallholder dairy farms in urban and peri-urban areas of Nairobi County: A case study of Kasarani sub county, Kenya. Infection Ecology & Epidemiology 9(1):1547095.en
dcterms.issued2019-01-01en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherInforma UK Limiteden
dcterms.subjectaflatoxinsen
dcterms.subjectdairiesen
dcterms.subjectfood safetyen
dcterms.subjecthealthen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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