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Tb42: The Mycotoxic Effects Of Fungi Isolated From Poultry Feed Ingredients: The Response Of Ducklings And Performance Of Commercial Broiler Chickens Fed Experimentally Infected Corn Diets, Elizabeth S. Barden, H. L. Chute, D. C. O'Meara, Hilda T. Wheelwright
Tb42: The Mycotoxic Effects Of Fungi Isolated From Poultry Feed Ingredients: The Response Of Ducklings And Performance Of Commercial Broiler Chickens Fed Experimentally Infected Corn Diets, Elizabeth S. Barden, H. L. Chute, D. C. O'Meara, Hilda T. Wheelwright
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The present work, planned to investigate the possibility of mycotoxins occurring in feed ingredients fed to poultry in Maine, was designed with the following objectives: (1) to isolate fungi from poultry feed ingredients; (2) to grow the m separately on corn (the carbohydrate source of poultry rations) for later mixing into the diets; (3) to test the variously infected lots of this corn substrate for mycotoxicity by feeding ducklings, a bioindicator for toxins; (4) to determine the effects of aflatoxin and other mycotoxins from feed ingredients, on the performance of commercial broiler chickens; and (5) to appraise this response as …