Electrocardiographic abnormalities in an English bulldog with amitraz toxicity

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 103-105

  Malmasi, A ^a   Ghaffari, M Selk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Amitraz toxicity; Dog; Electrocardiography

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951257961     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-009-0868-x     Document Type: Article

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