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toxicity

[täk′sis·əd·ē]

(pharmacology)

The quality of being toxic.

The kind and amount of poison or toxin produced by a microorganism, or possessed by a chemical substance not of biological origin.

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Bartley et al [21] reported that rumen pH was more related to ammonia toxicity than was rumen ammonia.

Effects of low dietary cation-anion difference induced by ruminal ammonium chloride infusion on performance, serum, and urine metabolites of lactating dairy cows

Influence of pH, salinity, calcium, and ammonia source on acute ammonia toxicity to golden shiners, Notemigonus crysoleucas.

Transport of Astyanax altiparanae Garutti and Britski, 2000 in saline water/Transporte de Astyanax altiparanae Garutti and Britski, 2000 em agua salinizada

Defenses against ammonia toxicity in tropical air-breathing fishes exposed to high concentrations of environmental ammonia: a review.

Ammonia excretion at different life stages of silver catfish/excrecao de amonia em diferentes estagios de vida do jundia

The probable mechanisms of urea and ammonia toxicity in these birds are discussed.

Avian Pathol: Acute poisoning of silver gulls (Larus novaehollandiae) following urea fertilizer spillage

Swimming and ammonia toxicity in salmonids: the effects of sub lethal ammonia exposure on the swimming performance of coho salmon and the acute toxicity of ammonia in swimming and resting rainbow trout.

Use of metabolism to evaluate the sublethal toxicity of mercury on Farfantepaneus brasiliensis larvae (latreille 1817, crustacean)

Six images of salt toxicity on various species are included as are eight images of ammonia toxicity. The program permits the user to browse and look at each image, to search by nutrient or crop, or to search for all toxicity or all deficiency symptoms.