Assessment of Aflatoxin B1 Contamination Level in Dairy Animal Feeds from Selected Towns of North Shoa Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia

Minister of Agriculture Dragan Glamočić stated that the limit for the presence of aflatoxins will have to be reduced from 0.05 micrograms per kilogram.

Assessment of Aflatoxin B1 Contamination Level in Dairy Animal Feeds from Selected Towns of North Shoa Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia

Aflatoxins are secondary metabolites produced by fungal species in moldy animal feeds and can be transferred into the milk of lactating cows that consume aflatoxin-contaminated feeds. Among several types of aflatoxins, aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) is highly toxic and causes acute or chronic toxic effec...