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Fumonisin-induced pulmonary edema and hydrothorax in swine
1Veterinary Diagnostic and Investigational Laboratory, University of Georgia, Tifton 31794.
Mycopathologia
|February 1, 1992
Abstract:
Pulmonary edema and hydrothorax were observed in mature swine that died approximately 5 days after consuming corn screenings. These postmortem observations were reproduced in younger pigs that died within 1 week when fed the corn screenings under experimental conditions. Additionally, pulmonary edema and hydrothorax were induced in a pig that died after receiving 4 daily intravenous injections of fumonisin B1, a toxic metabolite produced by Fusarium moniliforme.