Evidence that enforced sunlight exposure can cause hyperthermia in cattle ingesting low levels of ergot of rye (Claviceps purpurea), when air temperature and humidity conditions are only moderate

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 553-558

  Bourke, C A ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CLAVICEPS PURPUREA; SECALE CEREALE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLAVICEPS; ERGOTISM; FEVER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEAT INJURY; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SUNLIGHT; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLAVICEPS; ERGOTISM; FEVER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 3843120169     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2003.tb12886.x     Document Type: Article

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