Theobromine intoxication in a red fox and a European badger in Sweden

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 362-365

  Jansson, Désirée S ^a   Galgan, Vera ^a   Schubert, Bertil ^a   Af Segerstad, Carl Hård ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chocolate; European badger; Intoxication; Meles meles; Methylxanthines; Red fox; Reversed phase high pressure liquid chromatography; Theobromine; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; MELES MELES; TAXIDEA TAXUS; THEOBROMA CACAO; VULPES VULPES;

CAFFEINE; METHYLXANTHINE; THEOBROMINE; XANTHINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CACAO; CARNIVORA; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOX; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; SWEDEN;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; CACAO; CAFFEINE; CARNIVORA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOXES; LIVER; MALE; SWEDEN; THEOBROMINE; XANTHINES;

EID: 0035319275     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-37.2.362     Document Type: Article

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