Effects of different levels of ergot in concentrates on the growing and slaughtering performance of bulls and on carry-over into edible tissue

Archives of Animal Nutrition

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 357-370

  Schumann, Barbara ^a   Dänicke, Sven ^a   Meyer, Ulrich ^a   Ueberschär, Karl Heinz ^a   Breves, Gerhard ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carcass composition; Ergot alkaloids; Feed intake; Growing cattle; Liver parameters; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ERGOT ALKALOID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIVER; MALE; NEWBORN; RANDOMIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ERGOT ALKALOIDS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WEIGHT GAIN;

BOS; FRIESIA;

EID: 34548412301     PISSN: 1745039X     EISSN: 14772817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450390701556726     Document Type: Article

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