Fatal yew (Taxus sp) poisoning in Willamette Valley, Oregon, horses

Veterinary and Human Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 279-281

  Cope, R B ^a   Camp, C ^b   Lohr, C V ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Del Oeste Veterinary Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT TOXIN;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; HORSE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; PLANTS, EDIBLE; PULMONARY EDEMA; TAXUS;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; TAXUS;

EID: 4544355371     PISSN: 01456296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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