Contamination by Aspergillus flavus and A. fumigatus in sunflower seeds used in psittacine bird food

Widely distributed in food for psittacine birds due its low price, high palatability, and cultural reasons, the Helianthus annuus, called sunflower, is proving important in clinical influenza as a result of excess calories and high incidence of contamination by some fungi, particularly Aspergillus,...

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Main Authors: Alexsandro Machado Conceição, Clênio Bezerra Melo, Carlos Alberto Palmeira Sarmento
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2010-06-01
Series:Biotemas
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Online Access:http://www.biotemas.ufsc.br/volumes/pdf/volume232/145a148Final.pdf