Effect of subacute swainsonine (Locoweed; Oxytropis sericea) consumption on immunocompetence and serum constituents of sheep in a nutrient-restricted state

Veterinary and Human Toxicology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 199-204

  Taylor, Joshua B ^a   Strickland, James ^a   May, Tammy ^a   Hawkins, Dean E ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; SWAINSONINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTOXICATION; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOBLAST; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; SHEEP;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FABACEAE; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IRON; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; PLANT POISONING; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SWAINSONINE;

ANIMALIA; BOUTELOUA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; OXYTROPIS SERICEA;

EID: 0033915284     PISSN: 01456296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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