
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hocking, Ailsa 
A1  - Leong, Su-lin 
A1  - Pitt, John 
T1  - Ochratoxin A: a new challenge for Australia's grape products industries?
JF  - Microbiology Australia
JO  - Microbiol. Aust.
Y1  - 2003
VL  - 24
IS  - 3
SP  - 16
EP  - 17
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/MA03316 
N2  - Ochratoxin A (OA) was first isolated from Aspergillus ochraceus in 1965 in a laboratory study searching for new toxic metabolites from moulds. At the time, there was no connection with any animal or human disease. OA was found as a natural contaminant of maize in 1969 in the USA and, about the same time, studies were being conducted in Scandinavia on a kidney disease in pigs which appeared to be related to mouldy feed. These studies showed that OA was the cause of the disease now known as porcine nephropathy. 
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