Brodifacoum toxicosis in two neonatal puppies

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 216-219

  Munday, J S ^a   Thompson, L J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anticoagulant; Brodifacoum; Canine; Coagulopathy; Coumarin; Transplacental; Vitamin K

Indexed keywords

BRODIFACOUM; COUMARIN ANTICOAGULANT; RODENTICIDE; 4 HYDROXYCOUMARIN DERIVATIVE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BROMFENACOUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; INTOXICATION; LIVER; MENINGEAL HEMORRHAGE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL CAVITY; SEROSA; STILLBIRTH; THORAX; TOXICITY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DOG DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

4-HYDROXYCOUMARINS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTICOAGULANTS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FETUS; HEMORRHAGE; LIVER; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0037870158     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.40-2-216     Document Type: Article

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