Suspected Nerium oleander (Oleander) poisoning in a horse

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 412-415

  Hughes, K J ^a   Dart, A J ^a   Hodgson, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; NERIUM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SUDDEN DEATH;

ANIMALS; DEATH, SUDDEN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; NERIUM; PLANT POISONING; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0036637039     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2002.tb11000.x     Document Type: Article

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