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Aflatoxins are excreted in milk. You shouldn't feed aflatoxin-laden feed to dairy animals.

• projektfu 8y ago
  At low enough amounts, aflatoxin will be destroyed in the rumen, and won't enter the bloodstream.
  • supermatt 8y ago
    And although it takes over 5mg of cyanide is enough to kill a human, it doesn't mean you can safely season your soup with 20mg for a family of 5...
    • projektfu 8y ago
      http://extension.uga.edu/publications/detail.html?number=SB57&title=Guidelines%20for%20Using%20Feeds%20Containing%20Aflatoxin%20in%20Dairy%20Rations http://extension.uga.edu/publications/detail.html?number=SB5... There are safe levels in both lactating and non-lactating cows. It's already an acceptable use.
      • supermatt 8y ago
        20 parts per billion isn't "consuming" aflatoxin-laden feed - it's eating regular feed with trace contamination. That there are guidelines for achieving this "safe" dilution makes you wonder why the effort is being spent there instead of using the grain for other purposes. Also worth reminding that these measurements are taken via random sampling - as per my cyanide example. Dont intentionally feed aflatoxins to dairy animals! (or any animals, really...)