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Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 396590, 6 pages
doi:10.5402/2012/396590
Research Article

Fungi and Mycotoxins from Pre- and Poststorage Brewer's Grain Intended for Bovine Intensive Rearing

L. A. M. Keller,1,2 C. M. Pereyra,3,4 L. R. Cavaglieri,3,4 A. M. Dalcero,3,4 and C. A. R. Rosa1,2

1Departamento de Microbiologia e Imunologia Veterinária, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Rodovia BR 465 Km 7, 23890-000 Seropédica, RJ, Brazil
2Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Brasilia, DF, Brazil
3Departamento de Microbiología e Inmunología, Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, Ruta 36 Km 601, Córdoba, 5800 Río Cuarto, Argentina
4Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina

Received 14 June 2012; Accepted 23 August 2012

Academic Editors: K.-P. Brüssow and R. Gamble

Copyright © 2012 L. A. M. Keller et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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