Assessment of ruminal hydrogen sulfide or urine thiosulfate as diagnostic tools for sulfur induced polioencephalomalacia in cattle

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 702-709

  Drewnoski, Mary E ^a   Ensley, Steve M ^a   Beitz, Don C ^a   Schoonmaker, Jon P ^a   Loy, Dan D ^a   Imerman, Paula M ^a   Rathje, John A ^a   Hansen, Stephanie L ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; hydrogen sulfide; polioencephalomalacia; sulfur; thiosulfate

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN SULFIDE; SULFATE; SULFHEMOGLOBIN; THIOSULFATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; MALE; METABOLISM; PH; RANDOMIZATION; RUMINANT STOMACH; URINE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RUMEN; SULFATES; SULFHEMOGLOBIN; THIOSULFATES;

EID: 84862269990     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: 19434936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1040638712448655     Document Type: Article

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