Association of excess sulfur intake and an increase in hydrogen sulfide concentrations in the ruminai gas cap of recently weaned beef calves with polioencephalomalacia

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 213, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1599-1604

  Loneragan, Guy H ^a   Gould, Daniel H ^a   Callan, Robert J ^a   Sigurdson, Christina J ^a   Hamar, Dwayne W ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTIOFUR; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; SULFUR; THIAMINE;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN NECROSIS; CATTLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD INTAKE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEAD POISONING; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; TISSUE LEVEL; WATER DEPRIVATION;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POACEAE; RUMEN; SULFUR; WATER; WEANING;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0032401921     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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