First report of field outbreaks of ergot-alkaloid toxicity in South Africa

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 97-108

  Schneider, D J ^a   Miles, C O ^b   Garthwaite, I ^b   Van Halderen, A ^a   Wessels, J C ^a   Lategan, H J ^c  

^a Regional Veterinary Laboratory   (South Africa)

^b RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^c NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Annual ryegrass; Ergot alkaloid toxicity; Field outbreaks; Lolium rigidum

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; LOLIUM RIGIDUM;

ERGOT ALKALOID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; EPIDEMIC; ERGOTISM; FEVER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GANGRENE; LOLIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; POACEAE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ERGOT ALKALOIDS; ERGOTISM; FEVER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GANGRENE; LOLIUM; NECROSIS; POACEAE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0030159091     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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