1 Toxicokinetics of fumonisin B1 in turkey poults and tissue persistence after 1 exposure to a diet containing the maximum European tolerance for fumonisins 2 in avian feeds 3 4 Didier Tardieu † , Jean-Denis Bailly † , Fabien Skiba ‡ , François Grosjean ‡ , Philippe Guerre †1 5 6 † ENVT, Mycotoxicology Unit, 23 chemin des capelles, BP 87614, 31076 Toulouse Cedex 3, France, 7 ‡ ARVALIS-Institut du végétal, 21 chemin de Pau, 64121 Montardon, FRANCE 8 9 10 11 1 To whom correspondence should be addressed: 12 P. GUERRE 13 ENVT, Mycotoxicology Unit, 23 chemin des capelles, BP 87614, 31076 Toulouse Cedex 3, France 14 Tel : 33(0)5 61 19 32 17 Fax : 33(0)5 61 19 32 40 15 Email : p.guerre@envt.fr 16 17 18 Running title: Toxicokinetic and persistence of fumonisin B1 in turkey poults 19 20 Keywords: Fumonisin B1, food safety, toxicokinetic, tissue residues, turkey poults 21