Poisoning of dogs with tremorgenic Penicillium toxins

Medical Mycology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 188-196

  Eriksen, G S ^a   Jäderlund, K Hultin ^b,c   Moldes Anaya, A ^a   Schonheit J ^a   Bernhoft, A ^a   Jaeger G ^b   Rundberget, T ^a   Skaar, I ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dog; Intoxication; Mycotoxins; Penicillium; Tremorgens

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; DIAZEPAM; MYCOTOXIN; PENITREM A TOXIN; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENOBARBITAL; PROPOFOL; ROQUEFORTINE C TOXIN; THOMITREM TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; ROQUEFORTINE; TREMORTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONVULSION; DOG; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTOXICATION; MUSCLE CRAMP; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CRUSTOSUM; TACHYCARDIA; TREMOR; VOMITING; ANIMAL; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; DOG DISEASE; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; STOMACH JUICE; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS WITH 4 OR MORE RINGS; INDOLES; MALE; MYCOTOXINS; PENICILLIUM; PIPERAZINES; POISONING; TREMOR;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CRUSTOSUM;

EID: 74949090476     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693780903225821     Document Type: Article

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