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PSP TOXIN [1 record]

Record 1 2005-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Toxicology
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
DEF

Food poisoning by molluscs that carry toxins from the dinoflagellates of the genus Alexandrium.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toxicologie
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
CONT

Compte tenu du fait que les algues à l'origine de l'intoxication paralysante par les mollusques se trouvent en grand nombre dans les eaux de la Côte-Nord, du Bas Saint-Laurent et d'Anticosti, ainsi qu'autour de la péninsule gaspésienne, l'ACIA assure le suivi hebdomadaire des niveaux de la toxine paralysante des mollusques.

OBS

Toxine causant une intoxication paralysante chez les humains.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Toxicología
  • Moluscos, equinodermos y procordados
DEF

Neurotoxina producida por dinoflagelados, principalmente del género Alexandrium.

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