Pyrrolizidine alkaloid poisoning of horses grazing a native heliotrope (Heliotropium ovalifolium)

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 401-402

  Creeper, J H ^a   Mitchell, A A ^a   Jubb, T F ^a   Colegate, S M ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT TOXIN; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; PLANT;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; PLANT POISONING; PLANTS, TOXIC; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033139664     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1999.tb10318.x     Document Type: Article

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