Ponderosa pine and broom snakeweed: Poisonous plants that affect livestock

Journal of Natural Toxins

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-34

  Gardner, D R ^a   James, L F ^a   Panter, K E ^a   Pfister, J A ^a   Ralphs, M H ^a   Stegelmeier, B L ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIETANE DERIVATIVE; ABIETIC ACID; ABORTIVE AGENT; CARBOXYLIC ACID; DITERPENE; ISOCUPRESSIC ACID; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; TETRALIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; INTOXICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PONDEROSA PINE; PREGNANCY;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DITERPENES; DITERPENES, ABIETANE; FEMALE; PHENANTHRENES; PINUS PONDEROSA; PLANTS; POISONING; PREGNANCY; RUMINANTS; TETRAHYDRONAPHTHALENES;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; GUTIERREZIA MICROCEPHALA; GUTIERREZIA SAROTHRAE; MICROCEPHALA; OVIS ARIES; PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 0033083210     PISSN: 10588108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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