Poisoning by plants, mycotoxins, and related toxins / edited by Franklin Riet-Correa, Hospital Veterinário, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Patos, Paraíba, 58700-000, Brazil, Jim Pfister, USDA-ARS Poisonous Plant Research Laboratory, Logan, Utah 84341, USA, Ana Lucia Schild, Laboratória Regional de Diagnóstico, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas-RS, Brazil, Terrie Wierenga, USDA-ARS Poisonous Plant Research Laboratory, Logan, Utah 84341, USA.
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TextPublisher: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 739 pages) : illustrations, maps, chartsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- Livestock poisoning plants -- Toxicology -- Congresses
- Poisonous plants -- Toxicology -- Congresses
- Plant toxins -- Physiological effect -- Congresses
- Mycotoxins -- Physiological effect -- Congresses
- Livestock poisoning plants -- Congresses
- Poisonous plants -- Congresses
- Plants, Toxic -- Congresses
- Mycotoxins -- Congresses
- Plant Poisoning -- Congresses
- Weeds and Noxious Plants
- Toxicology and Poisoning of Animals, (New March 2000)
- Non-food/Non-feed Plant Products
- Composition and Quality of Non-food/Non-feed Plant Products
- Animal and in vitro Models for Pharmaceuticals, (New March 2000)
- Human Toxicology and Poisoning, (New March 2000)
- Techniques and Methodology
- Plants
- Adverse effects
- Analytical methods
- Chemical composition
- Laboratory animals
- Livestock
- Medicinal plants
- Medicinal properties
- Mycotoxins
- Plant composition
- Poisonous plants
- Toxicity
- Toxicology
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- LL950
- SS200
- SS230
- VV450
- VV810
- ZZ900
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This book contains 124 chapters focusing on the various poisonous plants and mycotoxins and their effects on livestock. The effects of the chemical constituents of these poisonous plants and mycotoxins on the liver, reproductive, nervous and other organ systems of laboratory and farm animals are discussed and the different methods used in assessing the chemical compounds associated with poisoning, their control measures and their medicinal properties are highlighted. The chapters published in this book were presented at the 8th International Symposium on Poisonous Plants (ISOPP8) held in Joó Pessoa, Brazil, May 2009.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Overview -- The Liver -- Reproductive System -- Nervous System -- Toxic Plants Affecting Other Systems -- Mycotoxins and Other Toxins -- Toxic Compounds and Chemical Methods -- Control Measures -- Herbals.
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