Myocardial Toxicity in a Group of Greyhounds Administered Ractopamine

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 569-573

  Yaeger, M J ^a   Mullin, K ^a   Ensley, S M ^a   Ware, W A ^a   Slavin, R E ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEGACY EMANUEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

arteries; canine; cardiotoxin; muscle skeletal; myocardium; ractopamine; toxicity

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; PERFORMANCE ENHANCING SUBSTANCE; PHENETHYLAMINE DERIVATIVE; RACTOPAMINE; TROPONIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NECROSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URINE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCARDIUM; NECROSIS; PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING SUBSTANCES; PHENETHYLAMINES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; TROPONIN;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84860455208     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0300985811424752     Document Type: Article

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