Mycotoxins in Silages: Occurrence and Prevention

Subject Areas : Camel

Y.  Acosta Aragon ¹ (BIOMIN GmbH, Industriestrasse 21, 3130 Herzogenburg, Austria)
I.  Rodrigues ² (BIOMIN GmbH, Industriestrasse 21, 3130 Herzogenburg, Austria)
U.  Hofstette ³ (BIOMIN GmbH, Industriestrasse 21, 3130 Herzogenburg, Austria)
E.M.  Binder ⁴ (ERBER AG, Technopark 1, 3430 Tulln, Austria)

Received: 2010-10-20 Accepted : 2010-11-27 Published : 2011-03-01

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