The effect of experimental, long-term exposure to low-dose zearalenone mycotoxicosis on the histological condition of ovaries in sexually immature gilts

Theriogenology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1085-1094

  Gajeogonekcka, M ^a   Rybarczyk, L ^b   Zwierzchowski, W ^a   Jakimiuk, E ^a   Zielonka, L ^a   Obremski, K ^a   Gajeogonekcki, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

^b Provincial Veterinary Inspectorate in Wrocław ^*  (Poland)

Author keywords

Gilts; Histology; Immunohistology; Ovary; Proliferation index; Zearalenone

Indexed keywords

ZEARALENONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MYCOTOXICOSIS; OVARY; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MYCOTOXICOSIS; OVARY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TOXICITY TESTS; ZEARALENONE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 79953864737     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2010.11.017     Document Type: Article

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