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Optic neuropathy in a herd of beef cattle in Alberta associated with consumption of moldy corn |
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| Authors: | Lynne S. Sandmeyer Vladimir Vujanovic Lyall Petrie John R. Campbell Bianca S. Bauer Andrew L. Allen Bruce H. Grahn |
| Affiliation: | Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences (Sandmeyer, Bauer, Grahn), Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences (Petrie, Campbell), Department of Veterinary Pathology (Allen), Western College of Veterinary Medicine; Department of Food and Bioproduct Sciences, College of Agriculture and Bioresources (Vujanovic), University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4. |
| 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. |
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