Mycotoxin Type A TricotheceneFungal 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

Pig - mycotoxinsLoss of appetite and intestinal disorders (enteritis).

cow mycotoxinsGastrointestinal haemorrhages leading to poor assimilation of feed.

Chicken mycotoxinsLesions in the mucous membranes of the mouth, loss of appetite.

T – 2 Toxin (T-2)

Effects on animals

Pig - mycotoxinsLoss of appetite and intestinal disorders (enteritis).

cow mycotoxinsGastrointestinal haemorrhages leading to poor assimilation of feed.

Chicken mycotoxinsLesions in the mucous membranes of the mouth, loss of appetite.

Diacetoxyscirpenol (DAS)

Effects on animals

Pig - mycotoxinsLoss of appetite and intestinal disorders.

cow mycotoxinsOral lesions, necrosis of the digestive tract and lymphoid tissues.

Chicken mycotoxinsLesions in the mucous membranes of the mouth, loss of appetite ending in a refusal to eat.