Rattlesnake venom poisoning in horses: 32 cases (1973-1993)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 208, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1866-1871

  Dickinson, Charles E ^a   Traub Dargatz, Josie L ^a   Dargatz, David A ^a,b   Bennett, Dwight G ^a   Knight, Anthony P ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; SUDDEN DEATH; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; COLORADO; CROTALID VENOMS; CROTALUS; DEATH, SUDDEN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; MORBIDITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SNAKE BITES;

EID: 0030160064     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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