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J Marczuk1, K Obremski, K Lutnicki
1Chair and Clinic of Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Diseases of Farm Animals and Horses, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Głeboka 30, 20-612 Lublin, Poland.
Abstract:
Mycotoxin contaminations pose a growing problem in animal production from the economic and toxicological point of view. Clinical symptoms of mycotoxicosis are relatively unspecific, making the disease difficult to diagnose. This study presents a clinical case of dairy cattle infected with natural mycotoxins produced by fungi of the genus Fusarium (zearalenone [ZEA] and deoxynivalenol [DON]) in eastern Poland. In dead and infected cows, the presence of ZEA and DON was determined in the blood serum, significant changes were observed in blood morphological and biochemical profiles, extravasations and bowel inflammations were also observed. The results reported testify to an acute autoimmune process in the intestines as well as immunosuppression.
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