Pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus) toxicosis in cattle

Veterinary and Human Toxicology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 216-218

  Kerr, Larry A ^a   Kelch, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT TOXIN;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GRASS; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; RUMINANT STOMACH; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HYPOCALCEMIA; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; PLANT POISONING; PLANTS, TOXIC; RABIES;

EID: 0031856374     PISSN: 01456296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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