WATERFOWL MORTALITY CAUSED BY AFLATOXICOSIS IN TEXAS
- 1 July 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wildlife Disease Association in Journal of Wildlife Diseases
- Vol. 18 (3) , 311-313
- https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-18.3.311
Abstract
Waterfowl mortality caused by aflatoxicosis occurred in 2 areas in Texas during the 1977-1978 wintering season. The 1st outbreak occurred in snow geese (Anser caerulescens) on the Gulf Coast prairies, followed by an outbreak in mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) in the north-central portion of the state. Aflatoxin B1 levels in geese were 500 ng/g (dry wt). Aflatoxin B1 levels in the 2nd mortality were 10-250 ng/g (dry wt). The exact source of the toxin was not demonstrated in the 1st outbreak but in the 2nd outbreak was traced to waste peanuts, which constituted a major portion of the diet of wintering waterfowl in north-central Texas. Aflatoxin B1 levels in the field peanuts collected in the general areas were 110 ng/g.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: