Datura seed intoxication in two horses

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-29

  Schulman, M L ^a   Bolton, Lorna A ^a  

^a SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Datura sp.; Gastric rupture; Horse; Ileus; Parasympatholytic; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; STRAMONIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; FOOD POISONING; HORSE; INTOXICATION; NONHUMAN; PARALYTIC ILEUS; PLANT SEED; STOMACH DISTENSION; STOMACH RUPTURE;

EID: 0031842558     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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