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A case of polytetrafluoroethylene poisoning in cockatiels accompanied by polymer fume fever in the owner.

T B Blandford
P J Seamon
R Hughes
M Pattison
M P Wilderspin

The Veterinary Record, 01 Feb 1975, 96(8):175-178
DOI: 10.1136/vr.96.8.175 PMID: 1119084 

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Five cocatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus) died within 30 minutes following exposure to fumes from a frying pan coated with the "non-stick" plastic polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) that had accidentally overheated. Within an hour the owner developed symptoms of "polymer fume fever" but recovered in the next 24 hours. Clinical signs and post mortem lesions of the cockatiels are described and reference is made to the unusual susceptibility of parakeets to the pyrolysis products of frying pans coated with PTFE.

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