Castor bean (Ricinus communis) toxicosis in a sheep flock

Toxicon

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 400-406

  Aslani, M R ^a   Maleki, M ^a   Mohri, M ^a   Sharifi, K ^a   Najjar Nezhad, V ^a   Afshari, E ^a  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

Castor bean; Plant toxin; Protein synthesis; Ricin; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MINERAL OIL; PHOSPHORUS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRUXISM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GASTROENTERITIS; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEMATOCRIT; HERD; HYPOTHERMIA; INTOXICATION; MYDRIASIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECUMBENCY; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SALIVATION; SHEEP; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VERNER MORRISON SYNDROME; WEAKNESS;

ABOMASUM; ANIMALS; CASTOR BEAN; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEMORRHAGE; KIDNEY; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; PLANT POISONING; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES; RICINUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 33846624600     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2006.10.010     Document Type: Article

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