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Toxicity associated with Certain Samples of Groundnuts

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LARGE numbers of turkey poults1 and ducklings2 died on British farms in 1960 as a result of consuming groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) meal imported from Brazil. Afterwards, outbreaks of disease associated with the feeding of Brazilian groundnut meal were reported in cattle3, pigs4, and sheep (Buxton, J. C., personal communication). More recently it has been shown that some samples of groundnut products from a number of other producing countries are toxic to animals5.

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  1. Tropical Products Institute (Department of Scientific and) Industrial Research, London

    K. SARGEANT, ANN SHERIDAN & J. O'KELLY

  2. Central Veterinary Laboratory (Ministry of Agriculture), Weybridge

    R. B. A. CARNAGHAN

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SARGEANT, K., SHERIDAN, A., O'KELLY, J. et al. Toxicity associated with Certain Samples of Groundnuts. Nature 192, 1096–1097 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/1921096a0

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