Diazinon toxicity in sheep and cattle arising from the misuse of unlicensed and out-of-date products

Veterinary Record

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-19

  Sharpe, R T ^a   Livesey, C T ^a   Davies, I H ^a   Jones, J R ^a   Jones, A ^b  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE; DIMPYLATE; MARBOFLOXACIN; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; SHAMPOO;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT DISEASE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATTLE; CHOLINESTERASE BLOOD LEVEL; DEATH; DECOMPOSITION; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPIRATION DATE; FLUID THERAPY; HEPATITIS; HYDROLYSIS; HYPERPLASIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFESTATION; LABORATORY TEST; LAMB; LIVER FIBROSIS; LOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BOS TAURUS; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 33746323083     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.159.1.16     Document Type: Article

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