University of Missouri livestock and forage specialists are reporting ergot infestations that can cause major losses in ...

Early symptoms of ergot poisoning include lameness, hair loss, reddening of the tops of hooves eventually leading to sloughing of hooves or parts of limbs, as well as loss of tail switches ...

Ergot bodies result from Claviceps Purpurea fungus inflecting the grain. This can infect over 200 species of grasses throughout the country including wheat, barley, oats, brome grass and wheatgrass.

Another noteworthy development is the simultaneous determination of multiple alkaloid classes—including ergot, tropane, and pyrrolizidine alkaloids—through refined LC-MS/MS protocols, which ...