Survey of total aflatoxins in camels sera by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).

A survey of total aflatoxins was carried out on samples of camels blood sera in order to assess aflatoxin hazards in camels following some deaths among animals during July through September, 1990 in Al Ain area, about 16 km from Abu Dhabi City. Epidemiological and laboratory based studies indicated that the outbreak was associated with the consumption of mould damaged feed.A flavus andA parasiticus and varying amount of aflatoxin were detected in samples tested. 53 samples of camel sera were collected for the analysis: 16 out of 53 samples were collected from apparently clinically healthy racing camels. All these samples were examined for total aflatoxins. All of the 16 samples were found to contain aflatoxins ranging from 5 to 50ng/mL total aflatoxin and 28 out of the 37 samples were found to contain aflatoxin at the range of 2 to 12 pg/mL total aflatoxins.