First evidence of placental transfer of ochratoxin a in horses

Toxins

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 84-92

  Minervini, Fiorenza ^a   Giannoccaro, Alessandra ^a   Nicassio, Michele ^b   Panzarini, Giuseppe ^a   Lacalandra, Giovanni Michele ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES OF FOOD PRODUCTION   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Horse; Mycotoxin; Ochratoxin A; Placental transfer; Serum

Indexed keywords

OCHRATOXIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FOAL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MARE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; STALLION; TOXIN ANALYSIS; UMBILICAL CORD;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CARCINOGENS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HORSES; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MYCOTOXINS; OCHRATOXINS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84873740508     PISSN: 20726651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins5010084     Document Type: Article

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