Review of corynetoxins poisoning of livestock, a neurological disorder produced by a nematode-bacterium complex

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 271-277

  Finnie, J W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

CORYNETOXINS; GLYCOLIPID; PLANT TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AUSTRALIA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEMATODE; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; GLYCOLIPIDS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; NEMATODA; PLANT POISONING; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 33750112640     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2006.00019.x     Document Type: Review

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