Ovarian consequences of low dose peroral Fusarium (T-2) toxin in a ewe and heifer model

Theriogenology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1631-1639

  Huszenicza, G ^a   Fekete, S ^a   Szigeti, G ^a   Kulcsar M ^a   Febel H ^a   Kellems, R O ^b   Nagy, P ^a   Cseh, S ^a   Veresegyhazy T ^a   Hullar I ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentrate (feeding); Infertility; Ovary; Ovulation; Ruminants; T 2 intake

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; FLUGESTONE ACETATE; GESTAGEN; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; T 2 TOXIN;

ACIDOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FUSARIUM; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEAL PHASE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OVARY; OVARY FUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RANDOMIZATION; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; FUSARIUM; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0034194809     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(00)00303-4     Document Type: Article

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