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An investigation of the toxigenicity of moulds recovered from domestic cereal and legume crops is described. Two hundred and twenty-eight mould strains, representing 59 species, were tested by feeding Pekin ducklings on maize meal infected with pure cultures. Forty-six strains, representing 22 species, caused death within 14 days. These 22 species were subsequently fed to weaned white mice and rats. Seven of these species caused death within 14 days, 6 showed less severe toxic effects while the remaining 9 gave no signs of acute poisoning in the animals.
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De Scott, B. Toxigenic fungi isolated from cereal and legume products. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 25, 213–222 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02049914
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