Comparison of aflatoxin and fumonisin levels in maize grown in Turkey and imported from the USA

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 128, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 337-341

  Oruc, Hasan Huseyin ^a   Cengiz, Murat ^a   Kalkanli, Omer ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Maize; Total aflatoxin; Total fumonisin

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33646529408     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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