1. Effects of zearalenone in prepubertal gilts
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Letícia C. Teixeira, Fabiano Montiani-Ferreira, Rosângela Locatelli-Dittrich, Elizabeth Santin, and Geraldo C. Alberton
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Suínos ,zearalenona ,micotoxina ,útero ,vagina ,resposta imune humoral ,Veterinary medicine ,SF600-1100 - Abstract
Prepubertal gilts were fed with a diet containing zearalenone (ZEA) in a concentration of 0.75 mg/kg for 21 days. The effects of this mycotoxin on morphologic aspects of the reproductive tract as well as on complete blood count (CBC), serum biochemistry analysis (SBA) and humoral immune response against sheep red blood cells (SRBC) were evaluated. There was a significant increase (P
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- 2011
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