Diagnosis and treatment of copper poisoning caused by accidental feeding on poultry litter in a sheep flock

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 451-453

  Christodoulopoulos, G ^a   Roubies, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Copper poisoning; Poultry litter; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CALCIUM SULFATE; COPPER; LAXATIVE; MOLYBDENUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; INTOXICATION; KIDNEY; LIVER; METABOLISM; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CALCIUM SULFATE; CATHARTICS; COPPER; FEMALE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MOLYBDENUM; POISONING; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 35548989650     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2007.00186.x     Document Type: Article

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