Microscopic fungi and their metabolites as a threat to animal and human health

In mycological studies of grain samples from agricultural enterprises of the Ryazan region microscopic fungi of the genera Aspergillus and Fusarium were identified. To confirm grain viability, grain contamination with mycotoxins and fungi, and to differentiate the sown grain from the feed grain luminescent diagnostics was used. The method of immuno-enzyme analysis revealed the following mycotoxins: zearalenone, T-2 toxin, deoxynivalenol. The excess of the maximum permissible concentration of deoxynivalenol was found. When monitoring the diseases of farm animals, it was established that the leading place was occupied by the diseases of gastrointestinal tract and reproductive organs, and fungi metabolites are likely to be among the causes of such phenomena.