Abstract
The effects of feeding animals with a toxic strain ofA. flavus was examined. The animals examined were ducklings, turkeys and rabbits. All of them showed loss of weight and mortality after feeding with aflatoxin.
The livers of those animals showed that aflatoxin caused pathological changes. This damage of the liver is the lethal effect of the aflatoxin.
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Die Wirkung der Fütterung von Tieren mit einem toxischen Stamm vonA. flavus wurde untersucht. Die Tiere sind Entchen, Truthähnchen und Hasen. Alle zeigten einen Gewichtverlust und eine Mortalität nach Aflatoxin-Fütterung. Die Leber der Tiere zeigte, daß Aflatoxin pathologische Veränderung herbeiführte. Die Leberschädigung ist die tötliche Wirkung des Aflatoxins.
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Research supported by grant number FG-Is-161 of the United States Department of Agriculture to whom the author is indebted.
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Joffe, A.Z. Feeding tests with ducklings, Turkey chicks and rabbits and the effects of aflatoxin on these animals. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 40, 49–61 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02128661
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