Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of importance in horses in southern Africa : review article

Well-known plant poisonings such as 'dunsiekte' (seneciosis) and 'jaagsiekte' (crotalariosis) of horses in southern Africa are briefly reviewed. Relatively unfamiliar mycotoxicoses such as stachybotryotoxicosis and perennial rye grass staggers and potentially occurring exotic int...

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Main Authors: C.J. Botha, T.W. Naude
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2002-07-01
Series:Journal of the South African Veterinary Association
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Online Access:https://jsava.co.za/index.php/jsava/article/view/567
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spelling doaj-2fd609d8cf034c9fa8cff35f1cd70cff2020-11-24T23:52:30ZengAOSISJournal of the South African Veterinary Association1019-91282224-94352002-07-01733919710.4102/jsava.v73i3.567511Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of importance in horses in southern Africa : review articleC.J. BothaT.W. NaudeWell-known plant poisonings such as 'dunsiekte' (seneciosis) and 'jaagsiekte' (crotalariosis) of horses in southern Africa are briefly reviewed. Relatively unfamiliar mycotoxicoses such as stachybotryotoxicosis and perennial rye grass staggers and potentially occurring exotic intoxications such as equine nigropallidal encephalomalacia and ergot alkaloid poisoning are also discussed. This article is aimed at informing the southern African equine practitioner about probable poisonings that might occur locally in horses.https://jsava.co.za/index.php/jsava/article/view/567EquineHorsesMycotoxicosesPlant PoisoningToxicity
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author C.J. Botha
T.W. Naude
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Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of importance in horses in southern Africa : review article
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association
Equine
Horses
Mycotoxicoses
Plant Poisoning
Toxicity
author_facet C.J. Botha
T.W. Naude
author_sort C.J. Botha
title Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of importance in horses in southern Africa : review article
title_short Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of importance in horses in southern Africa : review article
title_full Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of importance in horses in southern Africa : review article
title_fullStr Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of importance in horses in southern Africa : review article
title_full_unstemmed Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of importance in horses in southern Africa : review article
title_sort plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of importance in horses in southern africa : review article
publisher AOSIS
series Journal of the South African Veterinary Association
issn 1019-9128
2224-9435
publishDate 2002-07-01
description Well-known plant poisonings such as 'dunsiekte' (seneciosis) and 'jaagsiekte' (crotalariosis) of horses in southern Africa are briefly reviewed. Relatively unfamiliar mycotoxicoses such as stachybotryotoxicosis and perennial rye grass staggers and potentially occurring exotic intoxications such as equine nigropallidal encephalomalacia and ergot alkaloid poisoning are also discussed. This article is aimed at informing the southern African equine practitioner about probable poisonings that might occur locally in horses.
topic Equine
Horses
Mycotoxicoses
Plant Poisoning
Toxicity
url https://jsava.co.za/index.php/jsava/article/view/567
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