Abdominal lipomatosis attributed to tall fescue toxicosis in deer

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 213, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1783-1786

  Wolfe, Barbara A ^a,c   Bush, Mitchell ^a   Monfort, Steven L ^a   Mumford, Sonia L ^b   Pessier, Allan ^a   Montali, Richard J ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c North Carolina Zoological Park   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS;

PLANT TOXIN;

ACREMONIUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEER; FATALITY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIPOMATOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POACEAE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ZOO ANIMAL;

ACREMONIUM; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; DEER; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; LIPOMATOSIS; MALE; PLANT POISONING; POACEAE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032534308     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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