Some fungi, zearalenone and other mycotoxins in chicken rations, stock feedstuffs, lucerne and pasture grasses in the communal farming area of Rhenosterkop in South Africa

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 69-74

  Naicker, D ^a,b   Marais, G J ^b,c   van den Berg, H ^a   Masango, M G ^a,b  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cattle; Chickens; Feed; Fusarium scirpi; Pasture grasses; Zearalenone

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; MYCOTOXIN; ZEARALENONE;

ACCURACY; ALFALFA; ALTERNARIA; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUSARIUM; GRASS; MAIZE; MILK; MUCOR; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; PENICILLIUM; RHIZOPUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLUS; BOS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM EQUISETI; GALLUS GALLUS; MUCOR; PENICILLIUM; PHOMA; POACEAE; RHIZOPUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34848915404     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v78i2.293     Document Type: Article

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