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Mycotoxin poisoning in grazing livestock in New Zealand
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Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production, Volume 66, pp 300-306, Jan 2006
Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production, Volume 66, pp 300-306, Jan 2006
Article class: Contract Paper
Subject Terms: Biosecurity, Disease control/eradication, Disease/defect, Epidemiology, Fungal/yeast, Inflammation, Integument/skin/wool/hair/fur/feather, Liver/hepatic disease, Locomotor, Mycotoxicosis, Nervous system/neurology, Nutrition/metabolism, Pasture/crop, Photosensitivity, Poisoning - plant, Reproduction, Reproduction - hormones, Toxicology
Animal Type: Cattle, Livestock, Production animal, Ruminant, Sheep
Publisher: New Zealand Society of Animal ProductionAbstract
A number of mycotoxicoses including facial eczema, ryegrass staggers, paspalum staggers and zearalenone infertility affect grazing livestock, causing death and reducing productivity. While production losses associated with clinical disease are well recognised, losses associated with subclinical disease are not recognised and most farmers take few or no precautions against the diseases and consequently accept lower productivity levels as `normal`. For most mycotoxicoses there are no antidotes. Long-term research projects, some lasting decades, have led to the development of a number of control measures for particular diseases, especially facial eczema and ryegrass staggers. These measures depend primarily on identifying and avoiding toxic pastures, or reducing their impact. Under the current funding regimes, where funders seek quick returns, it is unlikely that many of these now widely used control methods would have come to fruition.The whole of the literary matter of the Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production is copyright New Zealand Society of Animal Production, Downloading this article signifies agreement with the terms and conditions of electronic access.