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Abstract 217

Aflatoxin contamination of poultry feed and its ingredients. 1. Cotton seed, cotton seed cake and cotton seed meal.

Ahmad,-MA; Khan,-BA

Applied Biology and Marine Resources Division, PCSIR Labs. Karachi-39, Pakistan.

PakistanJournal-of-Scientific-and-Industrial-Research. 1987, 30: 4, 307-310; 13 ref.

Of samples of cotton seeds, cottonseed cake and cottonseed meal examined, 44.6, 49.3 and 70.6%, respectively, were positive for aflatoxin B1 (AFB1). Highest average concentration of AFB1 was 160.6 mug/kg in cottonseed meal, 115 in cotton seeds and 114 in cottonseed cake. However, 8 samples of cotton seed had values over 1000 mug/g.

This abstract relates to the following species:

Gossypium spp