Neurologic abnormalities and cerebrospinal fluid changes in horses administered fumonisin B1 intravenously

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 223-230

  Foreman, Jonathan H ^a   Constable, Peter D ^a   Waggoner, Amy L ^a   Levy, Michel ^d   Eppley, R M ^c   Smith, Geoffrey W ^a,e   Tumbleson, Mike E ^b   Haschek, Wanda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Dept of Veterinary Pathobiology ^*  (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Equine leukoencephalomalacia; Fusarium; Moldy corn poisoning; Mycotoxin

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATINE KINASE; FUMONISIN B1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HINDLIMB; HORSE; HYPERESTHESIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; FUMONISINS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MYCOTOXINS;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; FUSARIUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 1642279904     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2004)18<223:NAACFC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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