Are ovine fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum) staggers and kangaroo gait of lactating ewes two clinically and pathologically similar nervous disorders?

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 99-101

  Bourke, C A ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fenugreek; Kangaroo gait; Plant toxicity; Sheep; Staggers; Trigonella

Indexed keywords

PLANT TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FENUGREEK; LACTATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE DEGENERATION; PATHOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LACTATION; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NERVE DEGENERATION; PLANT POISONING; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TRIGONELLA;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES; TRIGONELLA; TRIGONELLA FOENUM-GRAECUM; WALLERIA;

EID: 60849094102     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2009.00393.x     Document Type: Article

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