Central nervous disorder of calves consuming colostrum containing 4 methyl-imidazole or colostrum from cows fed excess ammoniated hay

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 225-231

  Motoi, Yoshiko ^a   Yoshioka, Miyako ^a   Hirose, Hisashi ^b,e   Ishino, Seishi ^a,b   Nakajima, Yasuyuki ^b,c   Miyazaki, Shigeru ^a   Miyamoto, Susumu ^a   Sudou, Madoka ^a,f   Manda, Tomiharu ^d,g   Murai, Masaru ^d,h  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Natl Agr Res Org   (Japan)

^c Natl Agr Res Org   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HOKKAIDO REGION   (Japan)

^e Natl Agr Res Org   (Japan)

^f Natl Grassland Research Institute   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR WESTERN REGION   (Japan)

^h Hokuriku Natl Agr Expt Stn   (Japan)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem response (ABR); Electrocardiogram; Feed poisoning; Neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031503152     PISSN: 00213551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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