Amorimia exotropica poisoning as a presumptive cause of myocardial fibrosis in cattle

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1226-1229

  Soares, Mauro Pereira ^a   Pavarini, Saulo Petinatti ^b   de Lourdes Adrien, Maria ^a   de Souza Quevedo, Pedro ^a   Schild, Ana Lucia ^a   Peixoto, Paulo Vargas ^c   da Cruz, Cláudio Estêvão Farias ^b   Driemeier, David ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amorimia exotropica; cardiac fibrosis; cattle; poisonous plants; sudden death

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FIBROSIS; HEART DISEASE; MALPIGHIACEAE; PATHOLOGY; PLANT; RABBIT; SUDDEN DEATH;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DEATH, SUDDEN; FIBROSIS; HEART DISEASES; MALPIGHIACEAE; PLANTS, TOXIC; RABBITS;

BOS; BOVINAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 84857093508     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: 19434936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1040638711425586     Document Type: Article

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