Alterations in bovine serum biochemistry profiles associated with prolonged consumption of endophyte-infected tall fescue

Veterinary and Human Toxicology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 133-139

  Schultze, A E ^a   Rohrbach, B W ^a   Fribourg, H A ^b   Waller, J C ^b   Oliver, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CREATININE; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FUNGUS; GRASS; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT INTOXICATION; TOXICOKINETICS;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; FUNGI; ISOENZYMES; MALE; PLANT DISEASES; PROLACTIN; SERUM ALBUMIN; SERUM GLOBULINS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; EQUIDAE; FESTUCA; FUNGI; NEOTYPHODIUM COENOPHIALUM; OVIS ARIES; POACEAE; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS;

EID: 0032922170     PISSN: 01456296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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