Biomakers of exposure to cyanogenes in horses with grass sickness

Veterinary Record

Volumn 151, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 442-445

  McGorum, B C ^a   Anderson, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYANIDE; PLANT GLYCOSIDE; THIOCYANATE; CYANOGENIC GLYCOSIDES; GLYCOSIDE; THIOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANIDE POISONING; DYSAUTONOMIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GRAZING; HORSE DISEASE; INGESTION; MALE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; WHITE CLOVER; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CLOVER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORSE; METABOLISM; URINE;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CYANIDES; FEMALE; GLYCOSIDES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; THIOCYANATES; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 0037068938     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.151.15.442     Document Type: Article

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