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During veterinary meat inspection porcine kidneys with macroscopic lesions indicating mycotoxic porcine nephropathy were selected according to Krogh (8). About 85 (12%) of the slaughtered pigs showed macroscopic changes in kidneys indicating the disease. Ochratoxin A was found in 35 (41%) kidneys with the highest concentration 3,1 ng/g. Porcine blood samples (105) were collected at random and ochratoxin A was found in 63 (60%) samples with the highest concentration being 122 ng/ml.