Fungi in relation to health in man and animal

dc.contributor.authorSteyn, D.G.
dc.contributor.editorDu Toit, P.J.
dc.contributor.otherUnion of South Africa. Dept. of Agriculture
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-10T11:33:17Z
dc.date.available2015-07-10T11:33:17Z
dc.date.created2015
dc.date.issued1933
dc.descriptionThe articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 600dpi. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.en
dc.description.abstractThis paper principally concerns poisonous symbiotic and parasitic fungi attacking foodstuffs, and includes those containing the poison within themselves, for example, ergot, and those producing harmful substances in the foodstuffs on which they grow. It commences with a historical survey of records of fungus-infected foodstuffs, followed by a consideration of the toxic constituents of fungi and infected foodstuffs, and immunity to such poisoning, both natural and acquired. Details are then presented, in tabular form, of experiments conducted to determine the harmful effects of fungus-infected foodstuffs. These do not lend themselves to abstraction and the original should be consulted by those interested. According to the author, all fungus-infected foodstuffs should be considered poisonous until extensive feeding experiments have shown the contrary to be the case. Some cases of suspected food poisoning appear to be either botulism or parabotulism. So-called " fresh hay poisoning " is still a mystery. Different animals display marked differences in susceptibility to fungus-infected foodstuffs. Regarding harmful mouldy foodstuffs, it is stated that it could be fed to some animals with impunity, provided that the quantity fed did not exceed 10 per cent. of the total ration. The toxicity of Lolium temulentum (darnel) to man and animals is due to an alkaloid, temulin, present in grain attacked by Endoconidium temulentum. Two rabbits, a pig and a dog fed on fungus-infected darnel suffered no ill effects.en
dc.description.librarianmn2015
dc.identifier.citationSteyn, DG 1933, 'Fungi in relation to health in man and animal', Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Science and Animal Industry, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 183-212.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/47820
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUnion of South Africa : Dept. of Agricultureen
dc.rights©Union of South Africa, Dept. of Agriculture (original). ©University of Pretoria, Dept. of Library Services (digital).en
dc.subjectVeterinary medicineen
dc.subjectSouth Africaen
dc.subjectVeterinary reportsen
dc.subject.lcshVeterinary medicine -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcshFungi -- Parasitesen
dc.subject.lcshMycoparasitismen
dc.titleFungi in relation to health in man and animalen
dc.typeArticleen

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