Toxicity studies of fungal isolates from sorghum straw in rats, mice and calves

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dc.contributor.advisorN. B. SHRIDHAR
dc.contributor.advisorK. JAYAKUMAR
dc.contributor.advisorS. G. RAMACHANDRA
dc.contributor.advisorSHRIKRISHNA ISLOOR
dc.contributor.authorNIRMALA G. C.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-29T09:45:43Z
dc.date.available2019-08-29T09:45:43Z
dc.date.issued2006-11-03
dc.description.abstractMillions of tones of forage consumed by animals is contaminated with fungal species invading forage plants prior to harvest or during storage as hay, straw or silage (Gremmels, 2005). The species of fungi affecting the forage are of two groups, namely: field fungi and storage fungi (storage molds). Field fungi are those, which invade the crop when it is still in the field, and require 20-21 percent moisture. These include species of Fusarium, Alternaria, Clodosporium, Diplodia, Gibberella and Helminthosporium. The storage molds are those that invade the fodder during storage and need less moisture (13-18%) than field fungi. These include species of Aspergillus and Penicillium (Elizabeth, 2005). These fungi produce mycotoxins, when favorable conditions allow the fungi to grow on crops in the field, at harvest, in storage or during the processing of feed (Palmgren and Lee, 1986). Mycotoxins are the fungal secondary metabolites formed by consecutive series of enzyme-catalysed reactions from a few biochemically simple intermediates (Bohra and Purohit, 2003). These mycotoxins are present in foods as natural pollutants, thereby causing acute and chronic toxicities in both human and animalsen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810124659
dc.keywordsVETERINARY PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGYen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.pages90en_US
dc.publisherKARNATAKA VETERINARY, ANIMAL AND FISHERIES SCIENCES UNIVERSITY, BIDARen_US
dc.subVeterinary Pharmacology and Toxicologyen_US
dc.subjectnullen_US
dc.themeVETERINARY PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGYen_US
dc.these.typeM.V.Sc.en_US
dc.titleToxicity studies of fungal isolates from sorghum straw in rats, mice and calvesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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