Accidental fatal poisoning of a dog by Dieffenbachia picta (dumb cane)

Veterinary and Human Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 233-239

  Loretti, Alexandre Paulino ^a   Da Silva Iiha, Marcia Regina ^b   Ribeiro, Rita Elaine Streda ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIEFFENBACHIA PICTA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EROSIVE GLOSSITIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; GLOSSITIS; INTOXICATION; LARYNX DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT STEM; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; ULCER; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ARACEAE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; PLANT POISONING; PLANTS, TOXIC;

ANIMALIA; ARACEAE; ARUNDINARIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIEFFENBACHIA; DIEFFENBACHIA SEGUINE;

EID: 0141855391     PISSN: 01456296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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