The effect of increasing concentrations of Fusarium toxins in piglet diets on histological parameters of the uterus and vagina

Archives of Animal Nutrition

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 413-417

  Doll S ^a   Danicke S ^a   Schnurrbusch, U ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fusarium; Histology; Mycotoxin; Piglets; Uterus; Zearalenone

Indexed keywords

MYCOTOXIN; VOMITOXIN; ZEARALENONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUSARIUM; HISTOLOGY; HISTOMETRY; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE; UTERUS; VAGINA; VAGINA EPITHELIUM;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUSARIUM; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ORGAN SIZE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SWINE; TRICHOTHECENES; UTERUS; VAGINA; WEIGHT GAIN; ZEA MAYS; ZEARALENONE;

ANIMALIA; FUSARIUM; SUS SCROFA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 7744240342     PISSN: 1745039X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039420400004987     Document Type: Article

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