Cyanide Toxicity
A potential threat to animals and humans
Published on 24. August 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
212 pages
978-3-8454-4023-1 (ISBN)
Description
Cyanide is widely distributed in the ecosystem and has been linked with lethal effects in animals as well as humans. Cyanide toxicity may be the result of intake from food sources, environmental pollution, intentional ingestion, chemical warfare, occupational exposure, homicide, and sometimes through the use of drugs like nitroprusside and laetrile.Cyanide intake has been linked to central nervous system syndromes and thyroid in animals as well as humans. This book covers the following aspects. 1) cyanogenic potential of various sorghum species. 2) cyanide levels in blood samples of cattle, buffaloes, sheep and goats feeding on cyanogenic plants. 3)new simple, reliable and inexpensive assay to determine CN¿ levels in blood samples. 4)efficacy of various antidotes against cyanide toxicity. 5) effects of cyanide toxicity on hematological and biochemical panel. 6) postmortem lesions and histopathological changes associated with cyanide toxicity in various organs. 6) alterations in tissue oxygenation and metabolic variables during acute cyanide toxicity.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Germany
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
334 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-8454-4023-1 (9783845440231)
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Dr. Muhammad Avais is the Assistant Professor of Medicine at University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan. He earned PhD degree in Clinical Medicine. During his PhD research, Dr. Avais studied on various aspects of cyanide toxicity in animals. He also developed a new method to determine cyanide in blood.