Sudden deaths of cattle on Alpine pastures in South-Eastern Switzerland;Plötzliche Todesfälle von Alprindern im Kanton Graubünden

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 201-209

  Naegeli, H ^a,d   Sahin, A ^a   Braun, U ^a   Hauser, B ^a   Mez, K ^a   Hanselmann, K ^a   Preisig, H R ^a   Bivetti, A ^b   Eitel, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Tierarztpraxis Sils Maria ^*

^c Clinica Veterinaria Alla Moesa   (Switzerland)

^d Inst Veterinarpharmakologie/T   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Hepatotoxicity; Microcystin; Phosphatases; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CYANOBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL TOXIN; FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECT; LIVER; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; SUDDEN DEATH; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CYANOBACTERIA; DEATH, SUDDEN; FRESH WATER; LIVER; SWITZERLAND; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0030634090     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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