Poisoning of livestock in oregon in the 1940s to 1960s attributed to corynetoxins produced by Rathayibacter in nematode galls in chewings fescue (Festuca nigrescens)

Veterinary and Human Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 160-162

  Riley, Ian T ^a   Gregory, A R ^b   Allen, J G ^b   Edgar, John A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORYNETOXIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TOXIN; TUNICAMINYLURACIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INTOXICATION; LIVESTOCK; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; RATHAYIBACTER TOXICUS;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; AUSTRALIA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FESTUCA; GLYCOLIPIDS; NEMATODA; PLANT POISONING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FESTUCA; RATHAYIBACTER; RATHAYIBACTER TOXICUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038247750     PISSN: 01456296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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