Nitrate-nitrite toxicity in cattle and sheep grazing Dactyloctenium radulans (button grass) in stockyards

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 630-634

  McKenzie, R A ^a   Rayner, A C ^a   Thompson, G K ^b   Pidgeon, G F ^a   Burren, B R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b Olive Downs Station   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BOVIDAE; DACTYLOCTENIUM RADULANS; OVIS ARIES;

NITRATE; NITRITE; PLANT TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE REPORT; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FATALITY; FEMALE; MALE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MORTALITY; POACEAE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; MALE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; NITRATES; NITRITES; PLANT POISONING; POACEAE; QUEENSLAND; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 19644365523     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2004.tb12612.x     Document Type: Article

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