Poisoning by Crotalaria retusa (Fabaceae) in Equidae in the semiarid region of Paraíba;Intoxicação por Crotalaria retusa (Fabaceae) em eqüídeos no semi-árido da Paraíba

Pesquisa Veterinaria Brasileira

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 132-143

  Da Trindade Nobre, Verônica Medeiros ^a   Riet Correa, Franklin ^a   Barbosa Filho, José Maria ^a,b   Medeiros Dantas, Antonio Flávio ^a   Tabosa, Ivon Macedo ^a   Vasconcelos, Jackson Silva ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Crotalaria retusa; Fabaceae; Hepatic cirrhosis; Horse; Pirrolizidine alkaloids; Plant poisoning; Poisonous plants

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIAL NERVE; DONKEY; HORSE; HYDROTHORAX; INTOXICATION; JAUNDICE; LEGUME; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CROTALARIA; CROTALARIA RETUSA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS ASINUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; FABACEAE; RETUSA;

EID: 11844288331     PISSN: 0100736X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-736x2004000300004     Document Type: Article

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