Suspected poisoning of domestic dogs by Macrolepiota molybdites

Macrolepiota molybdites poisoning is suspected as the cause of an intoxication in four German Shepherd dogs. There was very strong circumstantial evidence that the dogs had eaten this fungus and the symptoms encountered were similar to those described for human poisoning with this species. To our kn...

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Autores principales: Soto, M.K., Carmarán, C.C., Bruzzi, H.
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_0269915X_v14_n2_p50_Soto
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Sumario:Macrolepiota molybdites poisoning is suspected as the cause of an intoxication in four German Shepherd dogs. There was very strong circumstantial evidence that the dogs had eaten this fungus and the symptoms encountered were similar to those described for human poisoning with this species. To our knowledge this is the first report of poisoning by Macrolepiota molybdites in dogs.