ABSTRACT

Coagulopathies induced by the ingestion of moldy feeds and characterized by the development of clinical hemorrhagic conditions have classically been associated with trichothecene mycotoxicosis. Indeed, in one of the earliest reviews of the clinical problems associated with stachybotryotoxicosis in horses, moldy corn toxicosis in pigs, hemorrhagic syndrome in poultry, and alimentary toxic aleukia in man, hematological and hemostatic abnormalities, either separately or in combination, were among the most consistent findings. 1