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The protective effect of zinc sulphate in experimental sporidesmin intoxication of lactating dairy cows.

N. R. Towers, B. Smith
Chemistry, Medicine
New Zealand veterinary journal
1 August 1978

Zinc sulphate solution, administered concurrently with the mycotoxin sporidesmin, gave significant protection against the toxin, shown in maintained milk production and bodyweights, and in reduced liver damage as determined by serum enzyme analysis and by subjective grading of the liver damage after slaughter.

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Pithomycotoxicosis (facial eczema) in ruminants in the Azores, Portugal

C. Pinto, V. M. Santos, B. Smith
Biology, Medicine
Veterinary Record
17 December 2005

Outbreaks of pithomycotoxicosis (facial eczema), a hepatogenous photosensitisation caused by the mycotoxin sporidesmin, have affected ruminants in the Azores Islands of Portugal after warm, humid…

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Tuberculosis in some wild and feral animals in New Zealand.

M. Ekdahl, B. Smith, D. Money
Biology, Medicine
New Zealand veterinary journal
1 March 1970

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Paranasal sinusitis complicated by inspissated exudate in the ventral conchal sinus.

J. Schumacher, C. Honnas, B. Smith
Medicine
Veterinary surgery : VS
1 September 1987

Primary paranasal sinusitis complicated by inspissated exudate within the ventral conchal sinus was diagnosed in five horses and resolved with resolution of thesinusitis occurred in all five horses.

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Effect of the mycotoxins penitrem, paxilline and lolitrem B on the electromyographic activity of skeletal and gastrointestinal smooth muscle of sheep.

B. Smith, L. Mcleay, P. P. Embling
Medicine
Research in veterinary science
1 March 1997

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Inheritance of resistance to facial eczema: a review of research findings from sheep and cattle in New Zealand

C. Morris, N. R. Towers, W. Hohenboken, N. Maqbool, B. Smith, S. H. Phua
Biology, Medicine
New Zealand veterinary journal
1 October 2004

This review summarises research findings on the inheritance of resistance of animals to FE, including evidence of among- and within-breed genetic variation, direct and correlated responses to selection, and identification of genetic markers and candidate genes for FE resistance.

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A zinc-containing intraruminal device for prevention of the sporidesmin-induced cholangiopathy of facial eczema in calves

R. Munday, A. M. Thompson, M. Stirnemann
Medicine
New Zealand veterinary journal
1 February 2001

This zinc-containing intraruminal controlled-release bolus has the potential to markedly reduce the incidence and severity of FE in calves within a 175 – 250 kg bodyweight range.

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Spectrofluorometric analysis of phylloerythrin (phytoporphyrin) in plasma and tissues from sheep suffering from facial eczema

E. Scheie, B. Smith, N. Cox, A. Flåøyen
Medicine
New Zealand veterinary journal
1 June 2003

Spectroscopic differences between plasma and skin measurements of animals kept inside and outside after dosing were studied in order to establish whether phylloerythrin undergoes photodegradation when exposed to sunlight.

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Effects of road transport on indices of stress in horses.

B. Smith, J. H. Jones, W. Hornof, J. Miles, K. Longworth, N. Willits
Environmental Science
Equine veterinary journal
1 November 1996

Horses had increased red blood cell count, packed cell volume, haemoglobin, plasma protein and cortisol concentrations, and decreased body weights immediately post transport, indicating slight dehydration and water and hay intake rates were significantly lower during transport than pretransport.

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Tremorgenic mycotoxins paxilline, penitrem and lolitrem B, the non-tremorgenic 31-epilolitrem B and electromyographic activity of the reticulum and rumen of sheep.

L. Mcleay, B. Smith, S. C. Munday-Finch
Medicine
Research in veterinary science
1 April 1999

The intensity and duration of the effects of lolitrem B, up to 12 hours, indicate that severe disruption of digestion may occur in animals grazing endophyte-infected pasture, and revealed a greater sensitivity of smooth muscle than skeletal muscle.

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