An outbreak of thiram poisoning on Spanish poultry farms.
Thiram-contaminated poultry feed caused soft egg shells, depressed growth and leg abnormalities in about 1 million birds. Corn previously treated with thiram and colored red was the source of the contamination as detected by gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy examinations. Standardized color-recognition for treated grain products could have avoided this situation and speaks to the international adoption of such standards.
Guitart
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Laboratory of Toxicology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain.
Mateo
R
R
Gutierrez
J M
JM
To-Figueras
J
J
D000014:Abnormalities, Drug-Induced / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D004528:Egg Shell / Q000187:drug effects; D005506:Food Contamination; D005659:Fungicides, Industrial / Q000506:poisoning* / Q000633:toxicity; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D013030:Spain; D013893:Thiram / Q000506:poisoning* / Q000633:toxicity; D003313:Zea mays
D005659:Fungicides, Industrial; D013893:Thiram