Vaccination Against Ergot Alkaloids and the Effect of Endophyte-Infected Fescue Seed-Based Diets on Rabbits

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2456-2463

  Filipov, N M ^a   Thompson, F N ^a   Hill, N S ^b   Dawe, D L ^a   Stuedemann, J A ^c   Price, J C ^a   Smith, C K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ergot Alkaloids; Festuca arundinacea; Immunization; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FESTUCA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS;

DIETHYLAMINOETHYLDEXTRAN; ERGOT ALKALOID; FREUND ADJUVANT;

ACREMONIUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; DIGESTION; EATING; ERGOTISM; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POACEAE; RABBIT; RANDOMIZATION; VACCINATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ACREMONIUM; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; DEAE-DEXTRAN; DIGESTION; EATING; ERGOT ALKALOIDS; ERGOTISM; FREUND'S ADJUVANT; MALE; POACEAE; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEEDS; VACCINATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0032150449     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.7692456x     Document Type: Article

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