Staggers in horses grazing paspalum infected with Claviceps paspali

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 393-395

  Cawdell Smith, A J ^a   Scrivener, C J ^b   Bryden, W L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ergot; Horses; Mycotoxin; Paspalum; Poisonous plants; Staggers

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLAVICEPS; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; MYCOTOXICOSIS; PASPALUM; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; CLAVICEPS; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; MYCOTOXICOSIS; PASPALUM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

BOS; CLAVICEPS; CLAVICEPS PASPALI; EQUIDAE; OVIS ARIES; PASPALUM; PASPALUM DILATATUM; POACEAE;

EID: 77956799934     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: 17510813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2010.00624.x     Document Type: Article

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