Fungicide
CHIEF® FUNGICIDE
Your broad spectrum fungicide in fruit, vegetable and cereal crops. CHIEF is proven to reduce toxic spore counts to protect sheep and cattle from Facial Eczema.
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What is Facial Eczema (F.E)
- Facial Eczema is caused by ingestion of microscopic, toxic spores from Pithomyces chartarum fungus, which grows in the base of pasture swards
- The toxin sporidesmin damages liver and bile ducts in sheep and cattle
- Malfunctioning causes build up of unwanted toxins (phylloerythrin), which leads sensitivity to sunlight, poor growth rates, skin symptoms, and reduced milk production
Symptom and Effects
- Symptoms will occur approximately 10 days following spore ingestion.
- Sub-clinical effects can reduce milk production by up to 50%
- Affects lambing – up to 12% more barren ewes; decrease in ewes carrying multiple lambs; increase death rates and lower productivity in ewes in subsequent lambs (up to 25% in a lifetime)
- Stock seek shade and can be restless at milking
- Physical skin symptoms showing up on the face and ears of sheep and udder and breech of cattle