Incidence of ryegrass staggers in white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) at Auckland Zoo

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 48-

  Bluett, S J ^a   Hume, D E ^b   Tapper, B A ^b   Stephens, S L ^c  

^a Dexcel Limited   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^c Auckland Zoological Park   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLAPSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPHYTE; EPIDEMIC; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; HORSE; MUSCLE DISEASE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS; SHEEP; TREMOR;

ANIMALIA; CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM; EQUUS CABALLUS; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; OVIS ARIES; RHINOCEROS;

EID: 1642291630     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2004.36392     Document Type: Article

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