The case for solar light radiation being more significant than ambient temperature in producing lethal hyperthermic ergotism in cattle

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 618-621

  Bourke, C A ^a   Bailey, G D ^a   Kemp, J B ^b  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b Rural Lands Protection Board   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AUSTRALIA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLIMATE; EPIDEMIC; ERGOTISM; FEVER; HEAT; MORTALITY; REVIEW; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLIMATE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ERGOTISM; FEVER; HEAT; NEW SOUTH WALES; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034263785     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2000.tb11936.x     Document Type: Article

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