- Pathogen:
- Penicillium spp.
- Precautions:
- Standard
- Diagnosis:
- Demonstration of significant levels of mycotoxin in feed or in tissues from affected animals.
- Pathogen Information:
- Toxigenic fungi that produces mycotoxins.
- Epidemiology:
- Many species produce tremorgens (mycotoxins) when growing on pasture of stored feed.
- Associated Syndromes:
- Citrinin toxicosis (Kidney lesions, hemorrhagic syndrome), Cyclopiazonic acid toxicosis, Ochratoxicosis, Patulin toxicosis (vomiting and anorexia), Penitrem staggers (Neurotoxicity).
- Additional Information:
- Resource: Quinn, P. J., et al. Concise Review of Veterinary Microbiology, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2015.