Experimental Tribulus terrestris poisoning in sheep: Clinical, laboratory and pathological findings

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-62

  Aslani, M R ^a   Movassaghi, A R ^a   Mohri, M ^a   Pedram, M ^a   Abavisani, A ^a  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; Aspartate aminotransferase; Bilirubin; Caltrop; Clinical signs; Diagnosis; Jaundice; Photosensitivity; Plasma protien; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILE PIGMENT; BILIRUBIN; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION; CREATININE; FIBRINOGEN; NITROGEN; PLANT TOXIN; PLASMA PROTEIN; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS EXTRACT; UREA;

ALFALFA; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOPSY; BILIARY TRACT FIBROSIS; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CRYSTALLOID; ERYTHEMA; FEEDING; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HAY; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEMATOCRIT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER NECROSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PLANT INTOXICATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SHEEP; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STRAW; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINE COLOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WHEAT;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BILIRUBIN; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CREATININE; FEMALE; IRAN; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TRIBULUS;

ANIMALIA; ICTERUS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; OVIS ARIES; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0037281040     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022010707704     Document Type: Article

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