https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2021.9281

New evidence of pectenotoxins in farmed bivalve molluscs from Sardinia (Italy)

Vol. 10 No. 2 (2021)
Submitted: 28 July 2020
Accepted: 22 March 2021
Published: 21 June 2021
Dinophysis species, Pectenotoxins, Seasonality, Diarrhoetic shellfish poisoning
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Alessandro G. Mudadu
Veterinary Public Health Institute of Sardinia, Sassari, Italy.
Anna Maria Bazzoni
Regional Environmental Protection Agency of Sardinia, Sassari, Italy.
Rita Melillo
rita.melillo@izs-sardegna.it
Veterinary Public Health Institute of Sardinia, Sassari, Italy.
Cecilia Teodora Satta
University of Sassari; Regional Agency for Agricultural Research, Olmedo (SS), Italy.
Simona Cau
Veterinary Public Health Institute of Sardinia, Sassari, Italy.
Virgilio Congiu
Veterinary Public Health and Food Security Service of the Region of Sardinia, Lanusei (NU), Italy.
Barbara Soro
Veterinary Public Health Institute of Sardinia, Sassari, Italy.
Riccardo Bazzardi
Veterinary Public Health Institute of Sardinia, Sassari, Italy.
Giuseppa Lorenzoni
Veterinary Public Health Institute of Sardinia, Sassari, Italy.
Gabriella Piras
Veterinary Public Health Institute of Sardinia, Sassari, Italy.
Nadia Bardino
Veterinary Public Health Institute of Sardinia, Sassari, Italy.
Bruna Vodret
Veterinary Public Health Institute of Sardinia, Sassari, Italy.
Sebastiano Virgilio
Veterinary Public Health Institute of Sardinia, Sassari, Italy.

Several planktonic dinoflagellates can produce lipophilic phycotoxins that represent a significant threat to public health as well as to shellfish and fish farming. Poisoning related to some of these toxins is categorised as diarrhetic shellfish poisoning. We analysed 975 shellfish samples from Tortolì in the central-eastern region of Sardinia (Italy) from January 2016 to March 2020, to investigate the prevalence of different lipophilic marine biotoxins in mollusc bivalves. The results highlighted the predominant presence of toxins belonging to the okadaic acid group in all samples with toxin concentrations exceeding legal limits, and revealed the new occurrence of pectenotoxins in oysters and clams with a winter seasonality in recent years. The origin of shellfish toxicity was associated with the same Dinophysis species, mainly D. acuminata. Based on both these results and other precedents, monitoring and recording systems are strongly recommended.

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Mudadu AG, Bazzoni AM, Melillo R, Satta CT, Cau S, Congiu V, Soro B, Bazzardi R, Lorenzoni G, Piras G, Bardino N, Vodret B, Virgilio S. New evidence of pectenotoxins in farmed bivalve molluscs from Sardinia (Italy). Ital J Food Safety [Internet]. 2021 Jun. 21 [cited 2024 Dec. 22];10(2). Available from: https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/9281

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