title: Aflatoxin contamination of Australian animal feeds and suspected cases of mycotoxicosis.
abstract: Aflatoxin B1 was detected in 23 of 55 Australian feedstuffs known to be either water damaged or visibly mouldy. The highest contamination was 0.7 mg/kg of feed and the mean concentration 0.14 mg/kg. Of 36 feedstuffs purchased from local manufacturers, only a peanut meal contained aflatoxin B1 (0.5 mg/kg). Eleven feedstuffs were associated with field outbreakds of animal disease and 7 of these contained aflatoxin. However, the level of aflatoxin contamination was insufficient to account for the described disease symptoms.
mesh_terms: D000348:Aflatoxins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000633:toxicity; D000821:Animal Feed / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D001315:Australia; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D000348:Aflatoxins