The pathogenesis and toxicokinetics of locoweed (Astragalus and Oxytropis spp.) poisoning in livestock

Journal of Natural Toxins

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-45

  Stegelmeier, Bryan L ^a   James, Lynn F ^a   Panter, Kip E ^a   Ralphs, Michael H ^a   Gardner, Dale R ^a   Molyneux, Russell J ^b   Pfister, James A ^a  

^a USDA ARS POISONOUS PLANT RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANNOSIDASE; SWAINSONINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETICS; HALF LIFE TIME; INTOXICATION; MANNOSIDOSIS; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ALPHA-MANNOSIDOSIS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HALF-LIFE; MANNOSIDASES; NEURONS; PLANTS; POISONING; SWAINSONINE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; OXYTROPIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033082492     PISSN: 10588108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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