Krimpsiekte, associated with thalamic lesions, induced by the neurotoxic cardiac glycoside, cotyledoside, isolated from Tylecodon wallichii (Harv.) Toelken subsp. wallichii

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 189-194

  Botha, C J ^a   Van Der Lugt, J J ^a   Erasmus, G L ^b   Kellerman, T S ^a,b   Anitra Schultz, R ^b   Vleggaar, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cotyledoside; Cumulative bufadienolide; Krimpsiekte; Neurotoxic cardiac glycoside; Paresis; Sheep; Thalamic lesions; Tylecodon wallichii

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES; TYLECODON WALLICHII;

BUFADIENOLIDE DERIVATIVE; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; COTYLEDOSIDE; PLANT TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PLANT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BUFANOLIDES; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; PLANT POISONING; PLANTS, TOXIC; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 0031218763     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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