Impacts of cereal ergot in food animal production

Impacts of cereal ergot in food animal production

The negative impacts of ergot contamination of grain on the health of humans and animals were first documented during the 5th century AD. Although ergotism is now rare in humans, cleaning contaminated grain concentrates ergot bodies in screenings which are used as livestock feed. Ergot is found worl...

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Main Authors: Stephanie eCoufal-Majewski, Kim eStanford, Tim eMcAllister, Barry eBlakley, John eMcKinnon, Alexandre Vieira Chaves, Yuxi eWang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Subjects:
Ergot Alkaloids
Animal performance
Sclerotia
Claviceps purpurea
Toxicoses
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fvets.2016.00015/full

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