Pithomycotoxicosis (facial eczema) in ruminants in the Azores, Portugal

Veterinary Record

Volumn 157, Issue 25, 2005, Pages 805-810

  Pinto, C ^a   Santos, V M ^b   Dinis, J ^c   Peleteiro, M C ^d   Fitzgerald, J M ^e   Hawkes, A D ^e   Smith, B L ^e  

^a Serviço de Desenvolvimento Agrário de São Miguel   (Portugal)

^b Regional Veterinary Laboratory   (Portugal)

^c União de Cooperativas de Lacticínios da Ilha Terceira   (Portugal)

^d FACULDADE DE MEDICINA VETERINÁRIA   (Portugal)

^e RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; MYCOTOXIN; SPORIDESMIN; THE TIME CAPSULE; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BOVIDS; CATTLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; DERMATOMYCOSIS; ECZEMA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUNGUS SPORE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GRASS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFECTION RISK; JAUNDICE; LIVER DISEASE; MILK YIELD; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PITHOMYCES CHARTARUM; PITHOMYCOTOXICOSIS; PORTUGAL; SHEEP; SLOW RELEASE FORMULATION; SUMMER; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVIDAE; FUNGI; LEPTOSPHAERULINA CHARTARUM; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 32444432862     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.157.25.805     Document Type: Article

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