The present work helped to confirm the disease after feeding of the contaminated groundnut hay. The fungi isolated were Rhizopus oryzae, Fusarium sporotrichoides and Fusarium semitectum. Macroscopic, microscopic and molecular characterization of the fungi were done for confirmation. The fungi contaminated wheat materials were subjected to mycotoxins analysis using LC-MS/MS method. Fusarium sporotrichoides infected material had had apicidin 28.80 ug/kg and beauvericin 5126.67 ug/kg.Fusarium semitectum infected material was having apicidin 5375 ug/kg and beauvericin 2732.50 ug/kg of infected...

Mimosa pudica is a plant that caused severe nephrotoxicity in cattle and thus caused a clinical syndrome of perineal oedema. To study the course of the disease, the present study was taken up. The experiment was conducted in ruminants like calves, sheep and goats. It was also conducted in lab animals like rat, rabbit, guinea pig, mice and chicken. Feeding the fresh aerial part (150 g/kg to calf, 200 g/kg to sheep, 250 g/kg to goat) or intraruminal injection of aqueous or cold methanol extract (4 g /kg to calf or 3 g/kg to sheep and 4 g/ kg in goat) resulted in death in 24 hours.Perineal...