Mycotoxins | Commodities found contaminated | Affected species | Pathological effects |
Aflatoxins (B1, B2, G1, G2, M1, M2) | Peanuts, corn, wheat, maize, cottonseed, nuts, various food, milk, eggs, cheese, figs | Birds(Duckling, turkey, chicken, Mammals (cattle, sheep, lab animals) fish) | hepatoxicity, bile duct hyperplasia, hemorrhage, intestiinal track, kidneys, carcinogenesis (liver tumors) |
Ochratoxin | Cereal grains (wheat, barley, corn) dry beans, cheese, coffee, dried fruits, grapes, wine | Chicken, duckling, rat, human | Nephrotoxicity (tubular nephrosis of kidney), porcine nephrogalthy, mild liver damage, teratogenesis, carcinogenesis (Kidney tumors), urinary tract tumors |
Fumonisins | Corn, polenta | Horse, rat, mouse, humans | Pumonary edema, Leukoencephalomalacia, nephrotoxicity, hepatoxicity |
Zearalenone | corn, moldy hay, elletted commercial feed | Dairy cttle, chicken, turkey, lamb, rat, mouse | Estrogenic effects (Edema of vulva prolapse of vagine),enlargement of uterus, atrophy of testicles, trophy of ovaries, enlargement of mammary glands, abortion |