Pteridium aquilinum (bracken fern) toxicity in cattle in the humid Chaco of Tarija, Bolivia

Veterinary and Human Toxicology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 156-158

  Marrero, Evangelina ^a   Bulnes, Carlos ^a   Sánchez, Luz Maria ^a   Palenzuela, Iris ^a   Stuart, René ^b   Jacobs, Frans ^c   Romero, José ^c  

^a CENSA   (Cuba)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA ANIMAL   (Cuba)

^c AUTAPO Project   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NORSESQUITERPENE; PLANT TOXIN; PTAQUILOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BOLIVIA; BRACKEN FERN; CACHEXIA; CATTLE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FOOD POISONING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMATURIA; HUMIDITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT;

ANIMALS; BOLIVIA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLIMATE; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HEMATURIA; PLANT POISONING; PLANTS, TOXIC; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035002160     PISSN: 01456296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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