Possible cantharidin poisoning of a great bustard (Otis tarda)

Toxicon

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 100-103

  Sánchez Barbudo, Inés S ^a   Camarero, Pablo R ^a   García Montijano, Marino ^b   Mateo, Rafael ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b Centro de Recuperacion Oficial de Especies Protegidas ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Birds; Cantharidin; Gas chromatography; Mass spectrometry; Meloidae

Indexed keywords

CANTHARIDIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BERBEROMELAE MAJALIS; BIRD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIARRHEA; ENVENOMATION; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CONTENT; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIRDS; CANTHARIDIN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; MALE; SPAIN;

AVES; MELOIDAE; OTIS TARDA;

EID: 81255163633     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: 18793150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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