Datura contamination of hay as the suspected cause of an extensive outbreak of impaction colic in horses

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 107-112

  Naudé, Theuns W ^a   Gerber, R ^a   Smith, R J ^b   Botha, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Phytex Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Astropine; Datura ferox; Datura stramonium; Hay contamination; Horses; Hyoscine; Hyoscyamine; Impaction colic; Scopolamine; Tropane alkaloids; Tropane AlkaloidsAtropine

Indexed keywords

CISAPRIDE; FLUNIXIN MEGLUMINE; FRESENIUS; HYOSCYAMINE; INFUSION FLUID; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; NEOSTIGMINE METHYL SULFATE; PLASMA VET; SCOPOLAMINE; TROPANE ALKALOID;

ALFALFA; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLIC; COLON DISEASE; COLON SURGERY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DATURA; DATURA FEROX; DATURA STRAMONIUM; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; HORSE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT SEED; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; HORSE;

DATURA; DATURA FEROX; DATURA STRAMONIUM; EQUIDAE;

ANIMALS; COLIC; DATURA; DATURA STRAMONIUM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES;

EID: 26944455254     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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