aflatoxin poisoning

aflatoxin poisoning
a mould-based poison or mycotoxin found in some dried aquaria foods kept under warm and damp conditions. Fish exhibit poor growth and anaemia and may die. The mould species involved are Aspergillus spp

Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.

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