Detection of strychnine by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry in the carcase of a Bonelli's eagle (Hieraaetus fasciatus)

Veterinary Record

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 182-184

  Martinez Lopez E ^a   Romero, D ^a   Maria Mojica P ^a   Navas, I ^a   Gerique, C ^b   Jimenez P ^a   Garcia Fernandez A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b El Saler Wildlife Recovery Centre   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRYCHNINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; CARCASS; EAGLE; EXTRACTION; FATALITY; INTOXICATION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PURIFICATION; TISSUE SECTION; TOXICITY TESTING;

HIERAAETUS FASCIATUS; STRYCHNOS TOXIFERA;

EID: 33747199269     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.159.6.182     Document Type: Article

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