Fungal sources
- Fusarium sporotrichioides
- Fusarium poae
- Fusarium graminearum
- Fusarium avenaceum
- Fusarium culmorum
- Fusarium langsethiae
- Fusarium tricinctum
- Fusarium solani
- Fusarium equiseti
Affected commodities
Corn (maize), oats, wheat, barley, rye, walnut, tomato
HT-2 Toxin (HT-2)
Effects on animals
Loss of appetite and intestinal disorders (enteritis).
Gastrointestinal haemorrhages leading to poor assimilation of feed.
Lesions in the mucous membranes of the mouth, loss of appetite.
T – 2 Toxin (T-2)
Effects on animalsLoss of appetite and intestinal disorders (enteritis).
Gastrointestinal haemorrhages leading to poor assimilation of feed.
Lesions in the mucous membranes of the mouth, loss of appetite.
Diacetoxyscirpenol (DAS)
Effects on animals
Loss of appetite and intestinal disorders.
Oral lesions, necrosis of the digestive tract and lymphoid tissues.
Lesions in the mucous membranes of the mouth, loss of appetite ending in a refusal to eat.