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The acetonitrile was removed by evaporation and heptafluorobutyryl imidazole (HFBI) was added to form esters of the toxin. The esters were separated on a 2% OV-1, 6ft. glass column and quantitated with a Nickel-63 electron capture detector. The absolute recovery of the T-2 toxin spiked at concentrations between 0.5-7.0 ug/g was 100.62 + 10.24%. The proposed method could detect 0.1 ug/g in mixed feeds.","abstract_html":"A gas liquid chromatographic method was developed for the determination of T-2 toxin in feeds. The T-2 toxin was extracted from feeds with aqueous methanol. A zinc acetate and aluminum chloride solution was used to denature and precipitate proteinaceous compounds, plant pigments and other extraneous materials. The T-2 toxin was selectively partitioned into the benzene fraction, which was washed with 1% potassium hydroxide to remove acidic compounds. Other extraneous materials were removed by silica gel column chromatography using acetonitrile as an elutant. 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