Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Subject "Aflatoxin"

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    • The fate of afiatoxins during processing of maize into muthokoi - A traditional Kenyan food 

      Mutungi, Christopher; Lamuka, Peter; Arimi, Samuel; Gathumbi, James; Onyango, Calvin (Department of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, 2008)
      The effect of processing muthokoi, (a traditional dehulled maize dish in Kenya) on aflatoxin content of naturally contaminated maize was investigated. Dehulling decreased aflatoxin levels by 46.6% (5.5-70%) in maize samples ...

    • The occurrence of aflatoxin in poultry tissues collected in Nairobi, Kenya. 

      Gathumbi, J K; Bebora, L C (Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Nairobi, 2000)
      106 (80 from poultry slaughterhouse and 26 from sick birds) chicken liver samples collected during October 1997 were analysed to determine the extent of aflatoxin B1 in poultry tissues. Analysis of aflatoxin B1 was done ...