Pathological findings in acute amitraz intoxication in mice

Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 873-878

  Filazi, Ayhan ^a   Güvenç, Tolga ^a   Kum, Cavit ^b   Sekkin, Selim ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amitraz; Mice; Pathology; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AMITRAZ;

ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTOXICATION; KIDNEY MASS; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL TIME; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

ANIMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS;

EID: 11844249412     PISSN: 13000128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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