Endocrine alterations associated with ergopeptine alkaloid exposure during equine pregnancy

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Equine Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 371-378

  Evans, Tim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE;

ERGOT ALKALOID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ERGOTISM; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; POACEAE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REVIEW;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ERGOT ALKALOIDS; ERGOTISM; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; POACEAE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 13744263468     PISSN: 07490739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-0739(02)00019-6     Document Type: Review

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