toxin classification |
common easily contaminated feed |
symptoms of poisoning |
animal species that may affect the |
aflatoxin |
almost all of the grains, such as corn, peanuts, cottonseed, sorghum, wheat |
loss of immunity (immunosuppression), reduce food intake, cancer, dysfunctional life, rough coat; liver damage, poor performance |
dog, young piglet, sow, calf, pig, cow, sheep, poultry |
zearalenone |
corn, wheat, oats, barley, sorghum, rice, sesame seeds, grain, hay and silage feed |
sow rectal and vaginal prolapse, decreased libido, pregnancy rate; immature boar testicular atrophy, subcutaneous edema; feeding, death, swollen vulva; reduced feed intake. |
pigs, cows, sheep, horses |
ochratoxin |
oats, mold sorghum, wheat, soybeans, peanuts, hay, silage material under wet conditions |
weight loss, anorexia, slow growth, decline in pig production efficiency, immunosuppression, abortion. |
pig, poultry, dairy cows |
don |
corn, wheat, sorghum, barley, rye, hay and silage feed |
vomiting, refusal to eat, diarrhea, irritability, death, feed intake, reduced weight gain. |
pigs, poultry, fish, dogs, cats |
t-2 toxin |
corn, wheat, sorghum, barley, mixed feed |
egg drop, weight loss, death, mouth necrosis, liver hypertrophy, immune suppression, oral intestinal damage and bleeding. |
pigs, poultry |
ergot |
corn, peanuts, cottonseed, sorghum, wheat |
weight gain, decreased feed intake, reduced reproduction rate. easy disease in young pigs. |
dog, young pigs, sows, calves, pigs, cows, sheep, poultry |
fumonisin |
corn, rice, sorghum |
lethargy, liver damage, pulmonary edema, respiratory disease and stillbirth. |
pigs, horses |
