Mortality supposedly due to intoxication by pyrrolizidine alkaloids from heliotropium indicum in a horse population in costa rica: A case report

Veterinary Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 59-62

  van Weeren, P R ^a,b   Cedeno H ^a   Morales, J A ^c   Rodriguez, L L ^c   Villalobos, J ^c   Poveda, L J ^a  

^a Universidad Nacional de Colombia   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatoencephalopathy; Horse; Neurological signs; Pyrrolizidine alkaloids; Vee

Indexed keywords

PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COSTA RICA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; HORSE; INTOXICATION; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; COSTA RICA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; HELIOTROPIUM INDICUM;

EID: 0032923077     PISSN: 01652176     EISSN: 18755941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01652176.1999.9694993     Document Type: Article

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