Evaluation of low-level aflatoxin in the diet of White-Tailed Deer

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 112-121

  Quist, C F ^a   Howerth, E W ^b   Fischer, J R ^a   Wyatt, R D ^d   Miller, D M ^c   Nettles, V F ^a  

^a Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study   (United States)

^b Department of Pathology

^c Department of Veterinary Anatomy amp Public Health   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Feeding trial; Hepatotoxin; Liver; Odocoileus virginianus; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILE ACID; BILIRUBIN; CARCINOGEN; CREATINE KINASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DEER; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVER; METABOLISM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AFLATOXINS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; BILIRUBIN; CARCINOGENS; CREATINE KINASE; DEER; EATING; IMMUNITY; LIVER;

EID: 0030635942     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-33.1.112     Document Type: Review

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