Jubb T F, Main D C, Mitchell A A, Shivas R G, De Witte K W
Department of Agriculture, Kununurra, Western Australia.
Aust Vet J. 1996 Feb;73(2):49-51. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1996.tb09964.x.
A new, fatal mycotoxicosis of cattle has been recognised in north-western Australia. A feeding trial confirmed the toxicity of a previously unknown species of Corallocytostroma that grows on Mitchell grass (Astrebla spp). The disease has been colloquially named 'black soil blindness' because its most prominent features are its confinement to pastures on black soil, and blindness and death of affected animals. Over 500 cattle have died and considerable subclinical disease in present. Above average wet season rainfall and extended growing seasons may explain the emergence of the fungus. The disease is important because cattle production in large areas of Australia utilise Mitchell grass pastures.
在澳大利亚西北部，一种新的、致命的牛霉菌毒素中毒病已被确认。一项饲养试验证实了一种以前未知的生长在米切尔草（Astrebla spp）上的珊瑚孢腔菌属物种的毒性。这种疾病被通俗地称为“黑土失明症”，因为其最显著的特征是它仅出现在黑土牧场，以及患病动物会失明和死亡。已有500多头牛死亡，目前存在大量亚临床病例。高于平均水平的雨季降雨量和延长的生长季节可能解释了这种真菌的出现。这种疾病很重要，因为澳大利亚大片地区的养牛业都利用米切尔草草牧场。
