*N.D.D.B., Anand., 388 001
Division of Dairy Cattle Nutrition, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal-132 001, India
Online published on 29 December, 2011.
Random samples of cakes, cereal grains and their byproducts and concentrate mixtures were collected from different markets around Karnal. Groundnut cake (GNC) samples were highly contaminated (29/29) followed by rice bran (2/2), wheatbran (9/11), maize (5/7) and cotton seed cake (2/3). The anatoxin B1 content in GNC 858.3 ppb was alarmingly high (range 20–4200 ppb)) One sample each of mustard cake and barley was also analyzed and found negative.
