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L. G. Young, L. Mcgirr, V. E. Valli, J. H. Lumsden, A. Lun, Vomitoxin in Corn Fed to Young Pigs, Journal of Animal Science, Volume 57, Issue 3, September 1983, Pages 655–664, https://doi.org/10.2527/jas1983.573655x
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Four trials were conducted with young pigs to evaluate the effect of dietary level of vomitoxin-contaminated corn on performance and pathology. A dietary level of approximately 20 ppm vomitoxin caused vomiting, 12 ppm vomitoxin caused almost complete feed refusal and 1.3 ppm caused a significant depression in feed intake and rate of gain. No lesions attributable to vomitoxin were observed in pigs fed up to 43 ppm dietary vomitoxin for a 21-d period. Alterations in various blood serum characteristics were observed in pigs fed vomitoxin, however, the effects could not be separated from those that may result from low intake of food.