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Considerations on the distribution of aflatoxigenic Aspergillus flavus in feeds
M A Moreno1, M J Pro, A Olivares
1Departamento de Patologia Animal I, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.
Mycopathologia
|December 1, 1988
Abstract:
The distribution of aflatoxin producing isolates of the Aspergillus flavus group in feeds was studied. Aflatoxin production was investigated by a sequential method previously reported (fluorescence in Coconut Agar Medium, rapid extraction from a wheat medium, and total extraction from the same wheat medium). Twenty-seven of 32 samples contained A. flavus, and 21 of them had at least one aflatoxicogenic isolate of A. flavus. Of the 115 isolates analysed, 65 produced aflatoxins, mainly B aflatoxins.