Necrotic oral lesions in chickens fed diacetoxyscirpenol, T-2 toxin, and crotocin.

Abstract

One-day-old broiler chicks were fed a diet containing either 5 ppm diacetoxyscirpenol (DAS), 5 ppm T-2 toxin, 10 ppm crotocin, or a control diet for 3 weeks. Chicks fed the diet containing DAS and T-2 toxin showed yellowish plaque-type lesions on the beak, tongue, and angle of the mouth. Crotocin did not cause such lesions nor any apparent clinical signs. Chicks fed DAS had the lowest weight gain followed by the T-2, crotocin, and control group in that order; however, chicks fed crotocin had the poorest feed conversion ratio.

• Authors: M S Chi, C J Mirocha
• Journal: Poultry science (Poult Sci) Vol. 57 Issue 3 Pg. 807-8 (May 1978) ISSN: 0032-5791 [Print] England
• PMID: 674054 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Mycotoxins
• Sesquiterpenes
• Trichothecenes
• T-2 Toxin

Topics

• Animals
• Chickens
• Mouth Diseases (chemically induced, pathology, veterinary)
• Mycotoxins (toxicity)
• Necrosis
• Poultry Diseases (chemically induced, pathology)
• Sesquiterpenes (toxicity)
• T-2 Toxin (toxicity)
• Trichothecenes (toxicity)