Evaluation of ruminal sulfide concentrations and seasonal outbreaks of polioencephalomalacia in beef cattle in a feedlot

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 211, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1275-1279

  McAllister, Milton M ^a   Gould, Daniel H ^b   Raisbeck, Merl F ^a   Cummings, Bruce A ^b   Loneragan, Guy H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD; SULFIDE; SULFUR; THIAMINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; EPIDEMIC; INCIDENCE; LEAD POISONING; MALE; METABOLISM; RISK FACTOR; RUMINANT STOMACH; SEASON; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COLORADO; DIET; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; INCIDENCE; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RUMEN; SEASONS; SULFIDES; SULFUR; THIAMINE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; WYOMING;

EID: 0031572903     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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