Gangrenous ergotism in cattle grazing fescue (Festuca elatior L.) in South Africa

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-48

  Botha, Christo J ^a   Naude T W ^a   Moroe, M L ^a,b   Rottinghaus, G E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Ergotism; Ergovaline; Fescue; Festuca elatior; Neotyphodium coenophialum

Indexed keywords

ERGOT ALKALOID; ERGOTAMINE DERIVATIVE; ERGOVALINE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENDOPHYTE; EPIDEMIC; ERGOTISM; FESCUE; FESTUCA ELATIOR; GANGRENE; GRASS; GRAZING; HERD; INTOXICATION; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL PLANT DISEASE; PASTURE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; SOUTH AFRICA; TAIL; VARIETAS; WINTER; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POACEAE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; FESTUCA; NEOTYPHODIUM; NEOTYPHODIUM COENOPHIALUM; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ERGOTAMINES; ERGOTISM; GANGRENE; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; POACEAE; SOUTH AFRICA; TAIL;

EID: 4644289499     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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