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. 1986 Oct-Dec;30(4):820-4.

Muscovy ducklings, a particularly sensitive avian bioassay for T-2 toxin and diacetoxyscirpenol

A S Shlosberg, Y Klinger, M H Malkinson
  • PMID: 3814020

Muscovy ducklings, a particularly sensitive avian bioassay for T-2 toxin and diacetoxyscirpenol

A S Shlosberg et al. Avian Dis. 1986 Oct-Dec.

Abstract

Day-old domesticated Muscovy ducklings (Cairina moshata) were given the trichothecene mycotoxins T-2 toxin or diacetoxyscirpenol at 0.25, 0.5, or 1 micrograms/g of feed for 7 days. All concentrations of both toxins caused characteristic dose-related lesions on the roof of the oral cavity of the birds. Muscovy ducklings showed these signs in a shorter time (less than 16 hours in some cases) and at a lower feed concentration of these trichothecenes than did other avian species in similar studies.

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