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OCCASIONALLY crops of barley and other cereals in the mid-western States of America have been infected with one of several species of Fusarium that cause a condition known as ‘scab’. Such grain often contains an emetic principle1 which renders it unsuitable for feeding to animals having simple stomachs.
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PRENTICE, N., DICKSON, A. & DICKSON, J. Production of Emetic Material by Species of Fusarium. Nature 184, 1319 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841319b0
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