Wong P T, Roth I J, Jackson A R
New South Wales Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Centre, Tamworth.
Aust Vet J. 1987 Aug;64(8):229-32. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1987.tb09688.x.
In the late summer and autumn of 1980 kikuyu poisoning of cattle was diagnosed on 9 farms in New South Wales resulting in 213 deaths among 1370 cattle at risk. Clinical, autopsy and histopathological findings are described and are consistent with those previously recorded. Kikuyu grass samples from 5 paddocks in which deaths were occurring were examined for the presence of fungi. Myrothecium spp were not present. Fusarium semitectum, F. moniliforme var subglutinans, Penicillium spp and a Phoma sp were the most common fungi isolated but with the exception of F. semitectum were not consistently present. F. semitectum was present in adjacent kikuyu grass paddocks in which deaths were not occurring. Two of the farms had army caterpillar (Mythimna convecta) infestations. Army caterpillar faeces present in these paddocks did not contain Myrothecium spp; the fungi present reflected the population present on the kikuyu grass. These findings do not suggest a mycotic cause for kikuyu poisoning.
1980年夏末秋初，新南威尔士州的9个农场诊断出牛患基库尤草中毒，1370头有中毒风险的牛中有213头死亡。文中描述了临床、尸检和组织病理学检查结果，这些结果与之前记录的结果一致。对5个出现牛死亡情况的牧场采集的基库尤草样本进行了真菌检测。未检测到密簇霉属真菌。分离出的最常见真菌有半裸镰刀菌、串珠镰刀菌胶孢变种、青霉属真菌和一种茎点霉属真菌，但除半裸镰刀菌外，其他真菌并非始终存在。半裸镰刀菌在相邻未出现牛死亡情况的基库尤草牧场中也有发现。其中两个农场有行军毛虫（Mythimna convecta）侵扰。这些牧场中的行军毛虫粪便不含密簇霉属真菌；所存在的真菌反映了基库尤草上的菌群情况。这些发现并不表明基库尤草中毒是由真菌引起的。
