Ammonia toxicity from urea in a Brazilian dairy goat flock

Veterinary and Human Toxicology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 87-89

  Ortolani, Enrico Lippi ^a   Mori, Clara Satsuki ^a   Rodrigues Filho, Jonas Alves ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Vet and Agric Extension Center   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; UREA;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; GOAT; INTOXICATION; LUNG EDEMA; NEPHROSIS; NONHUMAN; TOXICOLOGY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

AMMONIA; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BRAZIL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; SURVIVAL RATE; UREA;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 0034023771     PISSN: 01456296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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