Mycotoxic nephropathy in Bulgarian pigs and chickens: Complex aetiology and similarity to Balkan Endemic Nephropathy

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 72-88

  Stoev, S D ^a   Dutton, M F ^b   Njobeh, P B ^b   Mosonik, J S ^b   Steenkamp, P A ^c  

^a TRAKIA UNIVERSITY   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^c DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Animal feed; Fumonisins; High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC); Mycology; Mycotoxins; Mycotoxins fungi; Mycotoxins ochratoxin A; Screening assays; Toxicology animal study

Indexed keywords

CITRININ; FUMONISIN B1; MYCOTOXIN; OCHRATOXIN; PENICILLIC ACID; PENITREM A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FUMONISIN;

ARTICLE; BULGARIA; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUMYCOTA; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; FEEDING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIUM MONILIFORMIS; FUSARIUM VERTICILLIOIDES; GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MYCOTOXIC NEPHROPATHY; MYCOTOXICOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PENICILLIUM AURANTIOGRISEUM; PENICILLIUM CITRINUM; PENICILLIUM POLANICUM; PENICILLIUM VERRUCULOSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TOXICOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; URINALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; BIRD DISEASE; DRUG POTENTIATION; FOOD CONTROL; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS OCHRACEUS; FUNGI; GALLUS GALLUS; GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI; GIBBERELLA MONILIFORMIS; MONILIFORMIS; MYCOTA; PENICILLIUM AURANTIOGRISEUM; PENICILLIUM CITRINUM; PENICILLIUM POLONICUM; PENICILLIUM VERRUCOSUM; SUIDAE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BALKAN NEPHROPATHY; BULGARIA; CHICKENS; DRUG SYNERGISM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FUMONISINS; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MYCOTOXICOSIS; MYCOTOXINS; OCHRATOXINS; PENICILLIC ACID; POULTRY DISEASES; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 75649105023     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030903207227     Document Type: Article

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