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Mortality supposedly due to intoxication by pyrrolizidine alkaloids from heliotropium indicum in a horse population in costa rica: A case report

P.R. van Weeren Clinica de Especies Mayores, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional, Apdo. 86, Heredia, CR‐3000, Costa Rica; Department of Equine Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Utrecht, Yalelaan 12, Utrecht, 3584 CL, the Netherlands Phone: int‐31–30–2531350 Fax: int‐31–30–2531350 E-mail: [email protected]View further author information
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J.A. Morales Cátedra de Patología, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Heredia, Costa Rica
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L.L. Rodriguez Programa de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Heredia, Costa Rica
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H. Cedeño Clinica de Especies Mayores, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional, Apdo. 86, Heredia, CR‐3000, Costa Rica
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J. Villalobos átedra de Toxicología, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Heredia, Costa Rica
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L.J. Poveda Cátedra de Taxonomía, Escuela de Ciencias Ambientales, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica
Pages 59-62 | Accepted 20 Jan 1999, Published online: 01 Nov 2011

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  • Clinica de Especies Mayores, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional, Apdo. 86, CR‐3000 Heredia, Costa Rica. Present address of first author: Department of Equine Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
  • Correspondence to: P. Rene van Weeren, DVM, PhD, Dipl ECVS, Department of Equine Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Utrecht, Yalelaan 12, 3584 CL Utrecht, the Netherlands. Phone: int‐31–30–2531350. Fax: int‐31–30–2537970. E‐mail: [email protected]
  • Cátedra de Patología, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Heredia, Costa Rica.
  • Programa de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Heredia, Costa Rica.
  • Cátedra de Toxicología. Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Heredia, Costa Rica.
  • Cátedra de Taxonomía, Escuela de Ciencias Ambientales, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica.

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