title: Incidence of intentional poisoning of dogs in the Abruzzo region of Italy.
abstract: Toxicological assays done between 1997 and 2000 on 105 presumed baits of the baits and poisonings in 408 dogs are reported. Of the baits, 54.4% were positive for organophosphates and 27.5% for strychnine. In 31.1% of the dog cases, analysis confirmed the presence of toxic concentrations of organophosphate pesticides (43.3%) and strychnine (44.1%).
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie e Agroalimentari, Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria Università degli Studi di Teramo Località Cartecchio, Teramo, TE, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Calzetta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cavaliere
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ruggeri
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ricci
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Crescenzo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amorena
mesh_terms: D000827:Animal Welfare; D000818:Animals; D003292:Convulsants / Q000506:poisoning*; D004285:Dogs; D007306:Insecticides / Q000506:poisoning*; D007558:Italy; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D013331:Strychnine / Q000506:poisoning*
chemical_list: D003292:Convulsants; D007306:Insecticides; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D013331:Strychnine