Treatment and diagnosis of a dog with fulminant neurological deterioration due to anatoxin-a intoxication

Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 518-522

  Puschner, Birgit ^a   Pratt, Chap ^b   Tor, Elizabeth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Animal Emergency Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue green algae; Charcoal hemoperfusion; Convulsant; Cyanobacteria; LC MS detection

Indexed keywords

ANATOXIN A; TROPANE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CYANOBACTERIUM; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MALE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CYANOBACTERIA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MALE; TROPANES;

ALGAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 77958456224     PISSN: 14793261     EISSN: 14764431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-4431.2010.00578.x     Document Type: Article

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