Alterations in the performance, haematology and clinical biochemistry of growing lambs fed with aflatoxin in the diet

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-91

  Fernández, Antonio ^a   Ramos, Juan José ^a   Sanz, María Del Carmen ^a   Saez, Teófilo ^a   De Luco, Daniel Fernández ^a  

^a Facultad de Vetennaria   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aflatoxins; Clinical haematology and biochemistry; Diagnosis; Lambs; Performance

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; GLOBULIN; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEMOGLOBIN;

AFLATOXICOSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; INTOXICATION; KIDNEY MASS; LAMB; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN WEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN;

AFLATOXINS; ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIET; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0030033707     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1263(199601)16:1<85::AID-JAT315>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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