Aflatoxins: An overview

Aflatoxin Control: Safeguarding Animal Feed with Calcium Smectite

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1-10

  García, Santos ^a   Heredia, Norma L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aflatoxigenic Aspergillus; Animal health; Cottonseed; Food contamination; Human health; Maize; Mycotoxin production; Pathogen growth; Peanut

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102913684     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2136/2014.aflatoxins.c1     Document Type: Chapter

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