AFLATOXIN, a potent toxin sometimes found in corn, can cause serious economic problems for the animal-production industry. In laboratory tests, aqueous ammonia effectively reduced the acute toxicity of the toxin in naturally contaminated corn as deter-mined by chemical analysis and verified by biological assays. Results are presented on the effects of tempera-ture, ammonia and moisture levels in corn, and reaction time on the response of several corn lots varying in initial aflatoxin content. Drying to reduce the ammonia odor and taste is necessary for animal acceptance of the treated corn.
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Brekke et al. (1977) studied this question.