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Old August 27th 08, 03:09 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.health
Melinda Shore
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Default Ask the Cornell vets - interesting question on aflatoxin

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Every Wednesday the local paper runs a column with questions
answered by Cornell vet school faculty, and this morning's
was on post-mortem aflatoxin detection:

We have been working on developing a tissue test for
aflatoxin, but it's very difficult. We did send some
samples to Trilogy Laboratory for analysis a few years
ago, but all came back negative. The problem is that the
toxic concentration in the food is so small (60 to 100
parts per billion) and then it takes several weeks for
the animal to get sick. By then, most of the aflatoxin
is gone because it was broken down in the liver or
otherwise eliminated, so the concentration in the liver
is going to be even lower, maybe parts per trillion,
making it really difficult to detect.

http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps...LE08/808270316
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