“…The adverse effects of DON in animals include feed refusal, emesis, and ultimately reduction in weight gain (Ueno, 1933). In addition, 3-AcDON or another monoacetyl analog of DON, l5-acetyldeoxynivalenol (15-AcDON), have acute and subacute toxic effects on mice @orsell et al; Kasali et al, 1985 andSchiefer et aI, 1985 ) and immunosuppressive effects on rodent and human lymphoid cells (Atkinson and Miller, 1984;Tomar et al, 1987 Scott,Ig82) and immunological approaches such as RIA and ELISA (Abouzied et (Foster et al, 1986 (Yoshizawa and Morooka, 1973 (Trenholm et al,L994). This observation is consistent with the results of another study (Foster et al, 1986).…”