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Aflatoxin levels in corn available as wild turkey feed in Georgia.

SCHWEITZER, S.H., QUIST, C.F., GRIMES, G.L. and FORSTER, D.OL

Journal of Wildlife Diseases 37: 657 – 659.

2001

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Aflatoxin levels in corn available as wild turkey feed in Georgia.

Samples of corn available as wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) feed from retailers throughout Georgia, USA, were collected during April 1997 and analysed for aflatoxin. Three of 31 samples collected from a 40 – country area were positive. Two samples contained up to 20 mg/kg of aflatoxin. A third somple contained aflatoxin at 380 mg/kg. Because aflatoxin levels ranging from 100 to 400 mg/kg may cause liver dysfunction and immunosuppression in turkey poults and other wildlife, grins known to be contaminated with aflatoxin at levels unacceptable for domestic animal feeds (greater than or equal to 100 mg/kg) should not be sold as wildlife feed.