How does active yeast supplementation reduce the deleterious effects of aflatoxins in Wistar rats? A radiolabeled assay and histopathological study. [PDF]
Sica P +7 more
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Aflatoxin B1 Impairs Bone Mineralization in Broiler Chickens. [PDF]
Paneru D +4 more
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A recent history of disease outbreaks in Kenya, 2007-2022: Findings from routine surveillance data. [PDF]
Geteri F +5 more
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Protective effect of capsaicin on AKT1 and MAPK1 expression in the liver of mice (<i>Mus musculus</i>) induced by aflatoxin B1. [PDF]
Sukmanadi M +13 more
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Aflatoxicosis is a noninfectious, noncontagious intoxication of an animal with a metabolite produced by a toxic mold. It is characterized in the acute phase by death loss and in the chronic cases by consumption decrease and death loss due to hepatic and renal insufficiency. Morbidity and mortality rates range from 5 to 55%. The etiological agents
Murray, Edward S.
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Acute aflatoxicosis: Case report
The objective of this presentation is to document the salient clinical findings in a case of aflatoxicosis and to review the literature on the same so as to increase the index of suspicion, enhance early diagnosis and improve management. The case was a 17-year-old schoolboy presenting with vomiting, features of infection and gastrointestinal tract ...
Mwanda O Walter. +2 more
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Aflatoxin Contamination of Commercial Maize Products during an Outbreak of Acute Aflatoxicosis in Eastern and Central Kenya [PDF]
n April 2004, one of the largest aflatoxicosis outbreaks occurred in rural Kenya, resulting in 317 cases and 125 deaths. Aflatoxin-contaminated homegrown maize was the source of the outbreak, but the extent of regional contamination and status of maize ...
Carol Rubin, Lauren Lewis
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Case–Control Study of an Acute Aflatoxicosis Outbreak, Kenya, 2004 [PDF]
OBJECTIVES: During January-June 2004, an aflatoxicosis outbreak in eastern Kenya resulted in 317 cases and 125 deaths. We conducted a case-control study to identify risk factors for contamination of implicated maize and, for the first time, quantitated ...
E Azziz-Baumgartner, Carol Rubin
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Effect of dietary macronutrients on aflatoxicosis: a mini‐review [PDF]
Aflatoxin is a toxin produced by Aspergillus species of fungi. The main route of aflatoxin exposure is through the diet. Indeed, long-term aflatoxin exposure is linked to the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Zainuddin, Nurul Adilah +3 more
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