{"topic_id":"exotic_tox_gerbil_penicillin","category":"exotic-pet-toxicology","context":"---\ntopic_id: exotic_tox_gerbil_penicillin\ncategory: exotic-pet-toxicology\ntitle: \"Fatal penicillin-dihydrostreptomycin toxicosis in Mongolian gerbils\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"The Merck Veterinary Manual — gerbil (exotic and laboratory animals)\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/exotic-toxicology/gerbil.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-29\ntokens_estimated: 0\nverified: true\nverification: c1_substring\nsource_document: \"The Merck Veterinary Manual\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"The Merck Veterinary Manual\"\n  title: \"Fatal penicillin-dihydrostreptomycin toxicosis in Mongolian gerbils\"\n  url: \"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/rodents/gerbils\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-29\"\n  ref: \"MerckVetManual-gerbil\"\n  doc_type: \"peer-reviewed veterinary reference (Merck & Co.)\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\n\n# Fatal penicillin-dihydrostreptomycin toxicosis in Mongolian gerbils\nVerbatim first-hand facts from The Merck Veterinary Manual (gerbil). All bullets are exact substrings of the cited source file and C1-substring verified. Focus: toxicosis and environmental hazards of the pet species.\n## Toxicology facts\n- A fatal syndrome of acute toxicosis can occur in Mongolian gerbils after injection of a penicillin-dihydrostreptomycin-procaine combination. The toxicity is due to the dihydrostreptomycin component; 50 mg of dihydrostreptomycin produces almost 100% mortality in adult gerbils ( 2 ).\n","sources":["exotic-pet-toxicology — Fatal penicillin-dihydrostreptomycin toxicosis in Mongolian gerbils (retrieved 2026-07-29)"],"source":{"authority":"exotic-pet-toxicology","title":"Fatal penicillin-dihydrostreptomycin toxicosis in Mongolian gerbils","url":"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/rodents/gerbils","retrieved":"2026-07-29","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"The Merck Veterinary Manual","verification_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-toxicology/gerbil.txt"},"source_document":"The Merck Veterinary Manual","source_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-toxicology/gerbil.txt","tokens_estimated":195,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}