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¡§A review of research articles dealing with the potential effects of ergot alkaloids on the growth and reproductive performance of beef cattle grazing endophytic fescue.¡¨

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Pia A. Herring

September 20, 2001
Assignment #2
AGSC 514
Introduction

Due to the enormous amounts of money that are lost yearly to tall fescue toxicosis, there have been numerous studies conducted to try and discover the specific mechanisms of action that the toxins present in the endophytic fungus Neotyphodium coenophialum follow. Researchers have looked at the effect of the alkaloids at the cellular level, as well as observing the effects of the alkaloids on physiological responses and hormonal changes. All in an effort to try and better understand the different ways that the toxins affect susceptible animals. It is believed that if the mechanisms of action are better understood, that it would be easier to determine ways to counteract the effects of the toxins, and decrease the large......

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