Seasonal response of mammalian predators to selected scent-station attractants. The University of Memphis. Bobcat urine, canine call, possum persimmon, skunk smorgasboard, sardines, and a control were compared for estimating rates of visitation by mammalian predators to scent-stations. Bobcat urine and canine call appeared to have the widest application for surveying mammalian predators using scent stations. Mycotoxins in Acorns - Abstract.
Mycotoxins are poisonous metabolites produced by fungi.
When mycotoxins are secreted on a feed substrate, such as corn, peanuts, or soybeans, the feed becomes contaminated. Ingestion of contaminated feed by people or animals can cause a wide range of serious symptoms including liver and kidney damage, reproductive failure, weakened immunity, and death. T-2 toxin, fumonisin, and diacetoxysirpenol, using standare thin layer chromatography techniques. Mycotoxin levels in some samples were higher than the rates known to cause serious effects, if ingested by some domestic animals. Only one acorn sample from Indiana contained detectable mycotoxin, 1ppm vomitoxin.