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 |
