Fungal sources
- Fusarium proliferatum
- Fusarium verticillioides (moniliform)
Affected commodities
Corn (maize), wheat, barley, rice, rye, oats, walnut, tomato, sorghum, millet.
Fumonisin B1 (FB1)
Effects on animals
Hepatopathies, tumours, pulmonary oedema.
No deterioration of fumonisins in the rumen, poor assimilation of feed.
Peak mortality, paralysis, poor growth.
Fumonisin B2 (FB2)
Effects on animals
Hepatopathies, tumours, pulmonary oedema.
No deterioration of fumonisins in the rumen, poor assimilation of feed.
Peak mortality, paralysis, poor growth.