Mimosa tenuiflora as a cause of malformations in ruminants in the northeastern Brazilian semiarid rangelands

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 928-931

  Pimentel, L A ^a   Riet Correa, F ^a   Gardner, D ^b   Panter, K E ^b   Dantas, A F M ^a   Medeiros, R M T ^a   Mota, R A ^c   Araujo J A S ^a  

^a Hospital Veterinario   (Brazil)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c Unidade Acadêmica de Garanhuns   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Malformations; Mimosa tenuiflora; Plant intoxications; Ruminants; Teratogenic plants; Toxic plants

Indexed keywords

PLANT TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; ENTEROPATHY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; MIMOSA; PREGNANCY; SCOLIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MIMOSA; PLANT POISONING; PREGNANCY; SCOLIOSIS;

BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; MIMOSA; MIMOSA TENUIFLORA; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS JULIFLORA;

EID: 37149006999     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.44-6-928     Document Type: Article

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