“…However, striated (heart and skeletal) muscle has been identified as the primary targets of toxicity in laboratory animals and domestic livestock given large doses of monensin and other ionophores by oral or parenteral routes (Todd et al, 1984;Novilla and Folkerts, 1986;Van Vleet et al, 1991;Novilla and Todd, 1991;Dowling, 1992).…”