THE EFFECT OF AFLATOXIN B1 ON GROWTH RATE AND IRON METABOLISM IN JUVENILE MONGOLIAN GERBILS (Meriones unguiculatus)

The metabolic secretions from Aspergillus flavus, aflatoxins. are often found as contaminants of agricultural products used for human and animal consumption. Aflatoxin B1 is the most toxic and carcinogenic of the aflatoxins. A reduction in weight gain has been observed when juvenile animals are fed...

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Main Author: Hastings, William Stanley, Jr.
Format: Others
Published: VCU Scholars Compass 1973
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Online Access:http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/4910
http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5995&context=etd