Poisoning by plants, mycotoxins, and related toxins /

• Corporate Author: International Symposium on Poisonous Plants
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2011.
• Subjects: Livestock poisoning plants > Congresses. > Toxicology; Poisonous plants > Congresses. > Toxicology; Plant toxins > Congresses. > Physiological effect; Mycotoxins > Congresses. > Physiological effect; 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.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 739 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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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.