Experimental t-2 toxicosis in swine following inhalation exposure: Clinical signs and effcts of hematology, serum biochemistry and immune respones

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 100-109

  Pang, Victor F ^a   Lambert, Richard J ^b   Felsburg, Peter J ^a   Beasler, Val R ^b   Buck, William B ^b   Haschek, Wanda M ^a  

^a Departments of Pathology and Biosciences ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; T 2 TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOREXIA; BLOOD TOXICITY; BODY WEIGHT; CYANOSIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INHALATION; LETHARGY; MALE; MYCOTOXICOSIS; NONHUMAN; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SWINE;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMAL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; HEMAGGLUTINATION; IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MITOGENS; ORCHIECTOMY; SESQUITERPENES; SHEEP; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SWINE; T-2 TOXIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0023810786     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/11.1.100     Document Type: Article

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