Effect of grazing sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) infected with ergot (Claviceps africana) on beef cattle

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 124-125

  Blaney, B J ^a   McKenzie, R A ^a   Josey, B J ^a   Ryley, M J ^a   Downing, J A ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; CLAVICEPS AFRICANA; SORGHUM BICOLOR;

ERGOT ALKALOID; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CEREAL; CHEMISTRY; CLAVICEPS; ERGOTISM; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CEREALS; CLAVICEPS; ERGOT ALKALOIDS; ERGOTISM; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROLACTIN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0034131907     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2000.tb10542.x     Document Type: Article

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