BOVINE CATTLE FED WITH ANDROPOGON AND BRACHIARIA GRASS: HISTOLOGICAL ALTERATIONS OF LIVER AND LYMPH NODES BOVINOS ALIMENTADOS COM CAPIM BRACHIARIA E ANDROPOGON: ALTERAÇÕES HISTOLÓGICAS DO FÍGADO E LINFONODOS

Numerous papers report hepatic alterations in ruminants fed with Brachiaria spp. The aim of this study was to verify whether the ingestion of Andropogon gayanus or Brachiaria (B. brizantha and B. decumbens) produces microscopic alterations in the liver of cattle. By histological examination was char...

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Main Authors: Eugênio Gonçalves de Araújo, Sebastião Cabral Neto, Edismair Carvalho Garcia, Michele Morais, Cecilia Nunes Moreira, Maria Clorinda Soares Fioravanti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Goiás 2009-04-01
Series:Ciência Animal Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.revistas.ufg.br/index.php/vet/article/view/1057