Clinico-pathological findings in cattle exposed to chronic bracken fern toxicity

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 185-192

  Perez Alenza, M D ^a   Blanco, J ^a   Sardon, D ^a   Sanchez Moreiro M A ^a   Rodriguez Bertos A ^a   Sanchez B ^a   Pizarro, M ^a   Mazzucchelli, F ^a   Pena L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bovine enzootic haematuria; Bracken fern; Clinical phases; Monocytosis; Multivariate analyses; Urinary bladder tumours

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; BLADDER TUMOR; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRACKEN FERN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; METABOLISM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; URINALYSIS; URINE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PTERIDIUM; RANDOM ALLOCATION; URINALYSIS; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; FRIESIA; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM;

EID: 33748154110     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2006.36693     Document Type: Article

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