Toxicity of the lichen secondary metabolite (+)-usnic acid in domestic sheep

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-25

  Dailey, Rebecca N ^a,c   Montgomery, D L ^a   Ingram, J T ^b   Siemion, R ^a   Vasquez, M ^a   Raisbeck, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c Department of Veterinary Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Elk; Lichen; Poisoning; Ruminant; Sheep; Skeletal muscle; Usnic acid; Xanthoparmelia

Indexed keywords

BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; PLANT TOXIN; USNIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; LICHENS; PATHOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; FEMALE; LICHENS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PLANT POISONING; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVIDAE; CHLOROCHROA; OVIS ARIES; XANTHOPARMELIA;

EID: 38349104028     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.45-1-19     Document Type: Article

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