Vomitoxin in corn fed to young pigs.
Four trials were conducted with young pigs to evaluate the effect of dietary level of vomitoxin-contaminated corn on performance and pathology. A dietary level of approximately 20 ppm vomitoxin caused vomiting, 12 ppm vomitoxin caused almost complete feed refusal and 1.3 ppm caused a significant depression in feed intake and rate Of gain. No lesions attributable to vomitoxin were observed in pigs fed up to 43 ppm dietary vomitoxin for a 21-d period. Alterations in various blood serum characteristics were observed in pigs fed vomitoxin, however, the effects could not be separated from those that may result from low intake of food.
D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000633:toxicity*; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D014255:Trichothecenes / Q000032:analysis / Q000633:toxicity*; D014839:Vomiting / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000662:veterinary*; D003313:Zea mays
D012717:Sesquiterpenes; D014255:Trichothecenes; C007262:deoxynivalenol