Stringhalt in Brazilian horses caused by Hypochaeris radicata

Toxicon

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 190-193

  Araujo J A S ^a   Curcio, B ^b   Alda, J ^b   Medeiros, R M T ^a   Riet Correa, F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b SOMEVE PR   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Australian stringhalt; Distal axonopathy; Horses; Hypochaeris radicata

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HYPOCHAERIS RADICATA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ASTERACEAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; HYPOCHAERIS RADICATA;

EID: 47849117164     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2008.04.164     Document Type: Article

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