Fusarium

Fusarium [fu-sa´re-um]

a genus of fungi; some species are plant pathogens and some are opportunistic infectious agents of humans and other animals.

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Fusarium

a genus of fungi; some species are plant pathogens and some are opportunistic infectious agents of humans and animals. Many also produce trichothecene toxins which cause poisoning of animals if the infected material, usually stored feed, is eaten.

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Fusarium acuminatum, Fusarium culmorum, Fusarium equiseti

on maize crop causes inappetence, food rejection, diarrhea and incoordination in cattle.

Fusarium graminearum (Gibberella zeae), Fusarium roseum

associated with moldy maize or barley grain and produces an estrogenic mycotoxin, zearalenone, which may cause signs of estrogenism, especially vulvovaginitis, in pigs.

Fusarium moniliforme

cause leukoencephalomalacia in horses, pulmonary edema in pigs.

Fusarium roseum

see F. graminearum (above).

Fusarium scirpi

causes diarrhea, staggers and food rejection in cattle.

Fusarium solani, Fusarium javanicum

1. growing on sweet potatoes this fungus produces bovine atypical interstitial pneumonia.

2. as an environmental fungus causing melanized granulomas (black gill disease) in shrimps, especially Penaeus japonicus.

Fusarium sporotrichiella

causes a fatal hemorrhagic disease of sheep.

Fusarium sporotrichioides, Fusarium tricinctum

1. causes poor weight gain, necrotic mouth lesions and deaths in turkeys and chickens.

2. causes a hemorrhagic syndrome in cattle and pigs, similar to stachybotrytoxicosis.