Surveillance of Aflatoxin and Microbiota Related to Brewer's Grain Destined for Swine Feed in Argentina

Table 2

Fungal counts (CFU g⁻¹) in DRBC and DG18 media from brewer’s samples.

	Fungal counts (CFU g^−1)*
Sampling (days)	DRBC^†		DG18^‡
	Range^§	Low quality (%)^††	Range	Low quality (%)
0	1.0×10^2-3.9×10^6	62	3.0×10^2-8.0×10^6	73
7	6.8×10^3-6.6×10^6	91	1.0×10^3-6.6×10^6	83

*CFU g⁻¹: colony forming units per gram of sample.
^†DRBC: dichloran rose bengal chloranphenicol agar.
^‡DG18: dichloran 18% glycerol agar.
^§Minimum and maximum count values.
^††Percentages of samples that exceed limits to hygienic quality of feeds (1 x 10⁴ CFUg⁻¹) established by Good Manufacturing Practices [11].