Aflatoxins in Uganda: An Encyclopedic Review of the Etiology, Epidemiology, Detection, Quantification, Exposure Assessment, Reduction, and Control

Table 2

Median lethal dose for AFB₁ administered as a single dose to different animals.

Animal	Sex	Age/size	LD50 (mg/kg body weight)
Golden hamster	Male	30 days	10.2
Rat	Male/female	1 day	1.0
Rat	Male	21 days	5.5
Rat	Female	21 days	7.4
Rat	Male	0.001 kg	17.5
Dog	Male/female	Adult	0.5
Pig	Unspecified	6-7 kg	0.6
Chicken embryo	Unknown	Not applicable	0.025
Duckling	Male	1 day	0.37

Source: Agag [38], Ciegler [10], and Robens and Richard [39]. 1 mg/kg = 1000 μg/kg.