Phosphine intoxication following oral exposure of horses to aluminum phosphide-treated feed

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 236, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 446-450

  Easterwood, Leslie ^a   Chaffin, Keith ^a   Marsh, Peggy S ^a,b   Porter, Brian ^a   Barr, Catherine ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HAGYARD EQUINE MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; ALUMINUM PHOSPHIDE; INSECTICIDE; PHOSPHINE; PHOSPHINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; TOXIC HEPATITIS;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INSECTICIDES; MALE; PHOSPHINES;

CURCULIONIDAE; EQUIDAE; HEXAPODA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77649129781     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.236.4.446     Document Type: Article

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