Determination of the acute 50% lethal dose T-2 toxin in adult bobwhite quail: Additional studies on the effect of T-2 mycotoxin on blood chemistry and the morphology of internal organs

Avian Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 392-399

  Grizzle, Judith M ^a   Kersten, David B ^b   McCracken, Malcolm D ^c   Houston, Allan E ^d   Saxton, Arnold M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d TN Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood chemistry; Bobwhite quail; Histology; LD50; T 2 toxin

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; GALLIFORMES; MAMMALIA; PHASIANIDAE;

T 2 TOXIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COLINUS; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; HEART; INTESTINE; KIDNEY; LD 50; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MORTALITY; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLINUS; ENZYME TESTS; FEMALE; HEART; INTESTINES; KIDNEY; LETHAL DOSE 50; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; POULTRY DISEASES; T-2 TOXIN;

EID: 4444234078     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/7100     Document Type: Article

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