Diagnosis of Taxus (Yew) poisoning in a horse

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 252-255

  Tiwary, Asheesh K ^a   Puschner, Birgit ^a   Kinde, Hailu ^a   Tor, Elizabeth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal; Gas chromatography; Heart; Horse; Mass spectrometry; Plant; Poisoning; Taxus; Toxicosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; TAXUS;

EID: 19944406130     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870501700307     Document Type: Article

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