Ammoniated Forage Poisoning: Concentrations of Alkylimidazoles in Ammoniated Forage and in Milk, Plasma and Urine in Sheep and Cow

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 511-514

  Muller, L ^a   Sivertsen, T ^a,b   Langseth, W ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PLANT TOXIN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MILK; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SUCKLING; URINE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; MILK; PLANT POISONING; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 0542367323     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: 17510147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03547777     Document Type: Article

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