Toxicopathologic effects of artemisinin in broiler chickens following a single oral dose: An LD50 study

International Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 808-812

  Arab, H A ^a   Mardjanmehr, S H ^a   Shahbazfar, A ^a   Rassouli, A ^a   Abdollahi, M ^b   Nekouie, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Artemisinin; Broilers; Neurotoxicity; Single dose; Toxicopathology

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 76849099096     PISSN: 16828356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2009.808.812     Document Type: Article

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