Optic neuropathy in a herd of beef cattle in Alberta associated with consumption of moldy corn.

ABSTRACT: A group of beef cattle in eastern Alberta was investigated due to sudden onset of blindness after grazing on standing corn in mid-winter. Fumonisin-producing Fusarium spp. were isolated from the corn. Blindness was due to an optic nerve degeneration suspected to be secondary to fumonisin mycotoxin.

SUBMITTER: Sandmeyer LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4327135 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature