Toxicoses of horses. Review article. 2. Toxic plants, mycotoxins

The review article present the clinical picture and pathological findings o f the probably most frequent toxicoses - robinia, potato, sorghum, datura, annual mercury, birthwort, walnut, hemlock, senecio, ground-ivy, colchicum, eagle-fern, horsetails, yew tree and photosensibilisating plants - of hors es, indicating the mechanism of effect of plant poisons. Beside the present ation of mycotoxicoses caused by aflatoxin, T-2 toxin, zearalenon, deoxiniv alenol, fumonisine, stachibotriotoxin, acremonium toxins, ergot and slaphra min the article outlines the other consequences of microbiological deterior ation of feedstuffs.