| Summary Information |
| Diseases / List of Toxic Diseases /
Disease summary |
| Alternative Names |
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| Disease Agents |
- Moniliformin is a toxin produced by Fusarium moniliforme and
other Fusarium spp..
- Fusarium moniliforme is a common fungal contaminant of
corn world-wide, causing ear-rot, kernel-rot and stalk-rot of unharvested corn; it also
occurs on oats, soybeans, sorghum, barley and wheat. (B15, B32.36.w29).
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| General Description |
- Moniliformin is cardiotoxic
- Feed contaminated with Fusarium moniliforme var. subglutinans
produced ascites, hydropericardium, pallor of myocardium in ducklings.
- Post mortem findings (histopathology) consisted
of multifocal myocardial degeneration and necrosis, and hepatocyte degeneration.
(J5.33.w3) |
| Further Information |
Cardiotoxic in
poultry (B32.36.w29). |
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| Host taxa groups /species |
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| Disease has been reported in either the wild or in captivity
in the following WATERFOWL Species: |
Domestic ducklings (J5.33.w3). |
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| Disease has been reported in free-ranging populations of the
following WATERFOWL Species: |
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