title: Toxic effects of food-borne fluoride in silver foxes.
abstract: Chronic ingestion of excessive amounts of fluoride from commercial fox food is associated with agalactia in vixens resulting in the starvation deaths of large numbers of kits in three fox herds. Evidence of infectious disease or poor management could not be found and a causal relationship between fluoride and high kit mortality is suggested.
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed / Q000506:poisoning*; D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005458:Fluoride Poisoning / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005459:Fluorides / Q000032:analysis; D005589:Foxes; D007775:Lactation Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy
chemical_list: D005459:Fluorides