Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses as constraints in livestock production in East Africa: The southern African experience

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 8-11

  Naude T W ^a,b   Kellerman, T S ^b   Coetzer, J A W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Animal production; Mycotoxicosis; Poisonous plants

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; FLUOROACETIC ACID; PLANT TOXIN; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; MYCOTOXICOSIS; PLANT; REVIEW;

AFRICA, EASTERN; AFRICA, SOUTHERN; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDES; FLUOROACETATES; MYCOTOXICOSIS; PLANT POISONING; PLANTS, TOXIC; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS;

EID: 0030098421     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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