Arterial Responses in Periparturient Beef Cows Following a 9-Week Exposure to Ergot (Claviceps purpurea) in Feed

Arterial Responses in Periparturient Beef Cows Following a 9-Week Exposure to Ergot (Claviceps purpurea) in Feed

Ergot alkaloids are vasoconstrictors frequently detected in low concentrations in livestock feed. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency permits up to 3,000 μg ergot alkaloids per kg cattle feed. The objective of this study was to examine the effects of feeding low concentrations of ergot alkaloids ove...

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Main Authors: Vanessa Cowan, Taylor Grusie, John McKinnon, Barry Blakley, Jaswant Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Subjects:
ergot alkaloid
blood flow
caudal artery
internal iliac artery
vasoconstriction
mycotoxin
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fvets.2019.00262/full

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