Mycotoxins Type B TricotheceneFungal sources

  • Fusarium graminearum (roseum)
  • Fusarium culmorum
  • Fusarium nivale
  • Fusarium poae
  • Fusarium equiseti
  • Fusarium crookwellense
  • Fusarium acuminatum
  • Fusarium sambucinum

Affected commodities

Corn (maize), wheat, barley, rice, rye, oats, walnut, tomato

Nivalenol (NIV)

Effects on animals

Pig - mycotoxinsNervosity, loss of appetite, deterioration in feed efficiency, diarrhoea, vomiting.

cow mycotoxinsPoor assimilation of feed, decline in production and quality of milk, immune-system disorders.

Chicken mycotoxinsDeterioration in feed efficiency, poor shell quality, decline in egg production.

15-0-acetyl-deoxynivalenol (15-DON)

Effects on animals

Pig - mycotoxinsNervosity, loss of appetite, deterioration in feed efficiency, diarrhoea, vomiting, refusal to eat.

cow mycotoxinsPoor assimilation of feed, decline in production and quality of milk, immune-system disorders.

Chicken mycotoxinsDeterioration in feed efficiency, poor shell quality, decline in egg production.

Deoxynivalenol (DON)

Effects on animals

Pig - mycotoxinsNervosity, loss of appetite, deterioration in feed efficiency, diarrhoea, vomiting, refusal to eat.

cow mycotoxinsIn the absence of acidosis, partial detoxification of DON into DOM-1 by protozoa followed by a fall in the protozoa population, poor assimilation of feed, decline in production and quality of milk, immune-system disorders.

Chicken mycotoxinsDeterioration in feed efficiency, poor shell quality, decline in egg production.