Sheep, soil ingestion

Assimakopoulos PA, Divanes K, Pakou AA, et al. 1995. Radiostrontium transfer to sheep s milk as a result of soil ingestion. Sci Total Environ 172 17-20. 

A range of biological activities have been ascribed to the Trichoderma isocyano metabolites. Their antibiotic activity extends to the inhibition of the growth of rumen bacteria with resulting nutritional deprivation of the animal [141,142]. Ovine ill-thrift, a condition in which sheep fail to thrive, has been linked to the ingestion of plant material infected with Trichoderma species which produce these compounds. However, it seems unlikely that the use of these fungi in the soil would lead to significant accumulation of these compounds in the plant. 

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