Effects of long-term cyanide ingestion by pigs

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 93-104

  Manzano, H ^a   de Sousa, A Benedito ^a   Soto Blanco, B ^b   Guerra, J L ^a   Maiorka, P C ^a   Gorniak S L ^a  

^a Section of Domestic and Wild Animals Anatomy   (Brazil)

^b Department of Veterinary Medicine   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cassava; Chronic toxicity; Cyanide; Pigs

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; LIOTHYRONINE; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM CYANIDE; THIOCYANATE; THYROXINE; UREA;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CARCASS; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY TUBULE EPITHELIUM; LIVER CELL; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LONG TERM CARE; NONHUMAN; PURKINJE CELL; SWINE; THYROID FOLLICLE; THYROID WEIGHT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN; WHITE MATTER;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBELLUM; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; LIVER; POTASSIUM CYANIDE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; THIOCYANATES; THYROID GLAND; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

ANIMALIA; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; SUIDAE;

EID: 33846091932     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11259-006-3361-x     Document Type: Article

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