Potential poultry and meat products contamination by aflatoxin B1 due to fungal presence in Portuguese poultry units

The impact of mycotoxins on human and animal health is well recognized. Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) is by far the most prevalent and the most potent natural carcinogen and is usually the major aflatoxin produced by toxigenic fungal strains. Data available, points to an increasing frequency of poultry feed c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Viegas, Susana (author)
Other Authors: Malta-Vacas, Joana (author), Sabino, Raquel (author), Veríssimo, Carla (author), Viegas, Carla (author)
Format: bookPart
Language:eng
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/3767
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ipl.pt:10400.21/3767