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The distribution of aflatoxin producing isolates of the Aspergillus flavus group in feeds was studied. Aflatoxin production was investigated by a sequential method previously reported (fluorescence in Coconut Agar Medium, rapid extraction from a wheat medium, and total extraction from the same wheat medium). Twenty-seven of 32 samples contained A. flavus, and 21 of them had at least one aflatoxicogenic isolate of A. flavus. Of the 115 isolates analysed, 65 produced aflatoxins, mainly B aflatoxins.
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Moreno, M.A., Pro, M.J., Olivares, A. et al. Considerations on the distribution of aflatoxigenic Aspergillus flavus in feeds. Mycopathologia 104, 149–151 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00437429
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