Thallium toxicosis in a dog consequent to ingestion of Mycoplasma agar plates

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 227-230

  Puschner, Birgit ^a   Basso, Marguerite M ^b   Graham, Thomas W ^c,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b School of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d The Veterinary Consulting Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Agar plates; dogs; megaesophagus; thallium; toxic concentrations; toxicosis

Indexed keywords

AGAR; THALLIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOPLASMA; PATHOLOGY;

AGAR; ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MYCOPLASMA; THALLIUM;

EID: 84857242691     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: 19434936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1040638711425941     Document Type: Article

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