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SUBMITTER: Sineque AR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5615488 | biostudies-other | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
International journal of environmental research and public health 20170823 9
Aflatoxins are the most toxic and carcinogenic mycotoxins produced by <i>Aspergillus</i> species. Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) contamination in industrial and local chicken livers and gizzards in Maputo was investigated. One hundred boiler livers and 80 boiler gizzards were collected from industrial and local cutting poultry production sectors. The samples were analyzed by the ELISA method (MaxSignal<sup>®</sup>, Bioo Scientific Corporation). AFB1 was found in 39% of liver samples and 13.8% of gizzards, ...[more]