Aflatoxin levels in corn available as wild turkey feed in Georgia

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 657-659

  Schweitzer, Sara H ^a   Quist, Charlotte F ^a   Grimes, Gregory L ^a,c   Forster, Daniel L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Georgia Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

^c Aquatic Environmental Services Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Aspergillus flavus; Aspergillus parasiticus; Baiting; Corn; Eastern wild turkey; Meleagris gallopavo

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIRD DISEASE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MAIZE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOTOXICOSIS; TURKEY (BIRD); UNITED STATES; WILD ANIMAL;

AFLATOXINS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRD DISEASES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEORGIA; MYCOTOXICOSIS; TURKEYS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0035408678     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-37.3.657     Document Type: Article

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