Bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) poisoning in cattle in Southern Brazil

Veterinary and Human Toxicology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 362-365

  Gava, Aldo ^a   Da Silva Neves, Dalmo ^a   Gava, Daniele ^a   De Moura Saliba, Thiago ^a   Schild, Ana Lucia ^a   Riet Correa, Franklin ^a  

^a SANTA CATARINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING DISORDER; BRACKEN FERN; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROL STRATEGY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM TUMOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESOPHAGUS; HEMATURIA; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL RECORD; NONHUMAN; PHARYNX; PLANT; PLANT INTOXICATION; REVIEW; RUMINANT STOMACH; TONGUE;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HEMATURIA; INCIDENCE; PTERIDIUM; SEASONS;

BOS TAURUS; FILICOPHYTA; PTERIDIUM; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM;

EID: 0036889957     PISSN: 01456296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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