Senecio spp. poisoning of horses in southern Brazil

Pesquisa Veterinaria Brasileira

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 36-40

  Gava, Aldo ^a   Barros, Claudio S L ^b  

^a Univ o Desenvolvimento S Catarina   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Compositae; Diseases of horses; Pathology; Poisonous plants; S. oxyphyllus; Senecio brasiliensis

Indexed keywords

ASTERACEAE; ATAXIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; ICTERUS; SENECIO BRASILIENSIS; SENECIO OXYPHYLLUS;

EID: 0031511408     PISSN: 0100736X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-736X1997000100006     Document Type: Article

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