The intention of this study has been to obtain practical knowledge about the dosis of roquefortine injuriously affecting the health of ruminants (sheep). Moreover, it has been examined which degree of “carry over” effect into the food chain will have to be expected. For the test, eighteen female sheep, race Merinolandschaf, have been casually divided into three groups (M, H, K). During the testing period groups M and H received 10,00 and 50,00 mg of roquefortine, respectively, both orally and daily. To carry out the study, 10 g of roquefortine had to be produced at first. Therefore, optimum cultivation conditions for surface cultures had to be ascertained as well as knowledge about the synthesis performance of different mould strains of P. roqueforti. Parallel to these tests, suitable analytical methods had to be developed in order to detect roquefortine in animal tissues and excreta. In the end, all methods of detection had to be validated. The experiments regarding roquefortine synthesis showed significant differences among the tested strains of P. roqueforti. Stimulation of roquefortine synthesis has been achieved by reducing the pH of nutrition media. On the other hand, adding L-tryptophan and Lhistidin did not significantly influence the production of roquefortine. Ethyl acetate (media) and chloroform (mycel) have been used to extract roquefortine out of P. roqueforti cultures. The raw extracts have been purified by the method of liquid/liquid-extraction combined with acid-base-step. The product gained has been relatively free of interfering substances, as shown by tests with HPLC, HPTLC and MS. Moreover, no differences have been found in the antibiotic activities between roquefortine produced and referential substances. The influence of roquefortine on health of sheep was examined in an application of roquefortine to sheep for twenty days. No adverse effects on the health of animals in general could be observed. Moreover, testing the haematological, clinic-chemical und endocrinological parameters did neither provide hints to toxicological processes nor to reproductive-biological processes being influenced. Pathological-anatomical and histological tests confirmed the result. Examining the pH factor of rumen liquid, however, revealed significantly lower values ( 0,4 units) in animals of test group H, in comparison with the test control group. In animals of the test group M a tendency to this effect could be observed. The examinations of animal body fluids, tissues and excreta showed that roquefortine has been detectable in rumen fluid, liver, bile and kidney. In individual cases, traces of roquefortine have been found in heart, lungs and skeleton musculature. However, in no case such traces have been observed in blood plasma. Elimination of roquefortine especially take places via faeces; concentration of roquefortine in urine has been below the detection limit.
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The intention of this study has been to obtain practical knowledge about the dosis of roquefortine injuriously affecting the health of ruminants (sheep). Moreover, it has been examined which degree of “carry over” effect into the food chain will have to be expected. For the test, eighteen female sheep, race Merinolandschaf, have been casually divided into three groups (M, H, K). During the testing period groups M and H received 10,00 and 50,00 mg of roquefortine, respectively, both orally and da...
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