Acute poisoning of cattle by fertilizer-contaminated water

Veterinary and Human Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 88-90

  Villar, David ^a   Schwartz, Kent J ^a   Carson, Thomas L ^a   Kinker, Julia A ^a   Barker, Jennifer ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; FERTILIZER; NITROGEN;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; INTOXICATION; MEASUREMENT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; FERTILIZERS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037347761     PISSN: 01456296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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