Risks from plants containing pyrrolizidine alkaloids for livestock and meat quality in northern Australia

Poisoning by Plants, Mycotoxins, and Related Toxins

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 208-214

  Fletcher, M T ^a   McKenzie, R A ^a   Reichmann, K G ^a   Blaney, B J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION   (Australia)

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