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Puffball mushroom toxicosis (lycoperdonosis) in a two-year-old dachshund | Semantic Scholar

@article{Buckeridge2011PuffballMT,
  title={Puffball mushroom toxicosis (lycoperdonosis) in a two-year-old dachshund},
  author={David L. Buckeridge and Andrew G. Torrance and Mike Daly},
  journal={Veterinary Record},
  year={2011},
  volume={168},
  pages={304 - 304},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:684164}
}

This short communication describes a case of lycoperdonosis in a pet dog in the UK, presented with sudden-onset dyspnoea and tachypnoea, and showing some initial clinical improvement before deteriorating again over the following five to seven days.

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