Predicting Perchlorate Exposure in Milk from Concentrations in Dairy Feed

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• 作者：Clifford P. Rice ; Ransom L. Baldwin VI ; Linda C. Abbott ; Cathleen J. Hapeman ; Anthony V. Capuco ; Anh Le ; Krystyna Bialek-Kalinski ; Douglas D. Bannerman ; William R. Hare ; Max J. Paape ; Gregory W. McCar
• 刊名：Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
• 出版年：2007
• 出版时间：October 17, 2007
• 年：2007
• 卷：55
• 期：21
• 页码：8806 - 8813
• 全文大小：251K
• 年卷期：v.55,no.21(October 17, 2007)
• ISSN：1520-5118

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Perchlorate has been detected in U.S. milk samples from many different states. Applying data from a recently reported 9-week experiment in which 16 Holstein dairy cows were administered perchlorate allowed us to derive an equation for the dose-response relationship between perchlorate concentrations in feed/drinking water and its appearance in milk. Examination of background concentrations of perchlorate in the total mixed ration (TMR) fed in addition to the variable dose supplied to treated cows as a ruminal infusate revealed that cows receive significant and variable exposure to perchlorate from the TMR. Weekly examination of the TMR disclosed that a change in ingredients midway through the experiment caused a significant (78%) change in TMR perchlorate concentration. Analyses of the ingredients comprising the TMR revealed that 41.9% of the perchlorate came from corn silage, 22.9% came from alfalfa hay and 11.7% was supplied by sudan grass. Finally, USDA Food and Nutrition Survey data on fluid milk consumption were used to predict potential human exposure from milk that contained concentrations of perchlorate observed in our previous dosing study. The study suggests that reducing perchlorate concentration in dairy feed may reduce perchlorate concentrations in milk as well as the potential to reduce human exposure to perchlorate in milk.