Thymic cystic degeneration, pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia, and hemorrhage in a dog with brodifacoum toxicosis

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 449-452

  Rickman, B H ^a   Gurfield, N ^a  

^a San Diego County Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Brodifacoum; Cystic degeneration; Dog; Hemorrhage; Pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

4 HYDROXYCOUMARIN DERIVATIVE; BROMFENACOUM; RODENTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HYPERPLASIA; PATHOLOGY; THYMUS;

4-HYDROXYCOUMARINS; ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HYPERPLASIA; RODENTICIDES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 67649995441     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.08-VP-0193-R-BC     Document Type: Article

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