Suspected bentonite toxicosis in a cat from ingestion of clay cat litter

Veterinary and Human Toxicology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 365-366

  Hornfeldt, Carl S ^a,c   Westfall, Michael L ^b  

^a Hennepin Regional Poison Center   (United States)

^b Hudson Road Animal Hospital PA ^*  (United States)

^c ABAT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAT; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; FOOD INTAKE; HYPOKALEMIA; INTOXICATION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LETHARGY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; BENTONITE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CATS; ELECTROLYTES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; POISONING; POTASSIUM; SLEEP STAGES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0029763145     PISSN: 01456296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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