serotype

estimated oral lethal dose in monkeys

BoNT/A

16 ng/kg

BoNT/B

7 ng/kg

BoNT/C

230 ng/kg

BoNT C/D

14 µg/kg

BoNT/E

50 ng/kg

BoNT/F

8 µg/kg
Table 3: The minimum estimated oral lethal dose of BoNT by serotype. Doses were calculated from information in (Dolman and Murakami 1961) and calculated mouse i.p. LD50 values obtained in our laboratory.