title: Organophosphate toxicity in wild turkeys.
abstract: An accidental poisoning of wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) by O,O-Diethyl O-[p-(methylsulfinyl) phenyl] phosphorothioate is reported. Diagnosis was achieved by history, clinical observations, postmortem lesions, diagnostic therapy and pesticide analysis.
authors.affiliation: Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, Department of Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA.
authors.forename: V F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Nettles
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D010755:Organophosphates / Q000633:toxicity*; D010575:Pesticides / Q000633:toxicity*; D014422:Turkeys
chemical_list: D010755:Organophosphates; D010575:Pesticides