Chapter 32 Insecticide Toxicoses Patricia Ann Talcott, Pullman, Washington Insecticides used in the United States to which small animals have been exposed include the organophosphate and carbamate cholinesterase inhibitor insecticides, the…
Chapter 30 Lawn and Garden Product Safety John H. Tegzes, Pomona, California Today’s lawns and gardens are rife with products for making grass greener, controlling weeds and pests, and conserving water….
Chapter 21 Toxin Exposures in Small Animals Colleen M. Almgren, Bloomington, Minnesota Sharon L. Welch, Bloomington, Minnesota Pet Poison Helpline (PPH), a division of SafetyCall International, has been providing fee-for-service animal toxicology…
Chapter 28 Top Ten Toxic and Nontoxic Household Plants A. Catherine Barr, College Station, Texas Dogs and cats often eat lawn grass and then vomit, but otherwise they are not considered…
Chapter 26 Antidepressants and Anxiolytics Ahna G. Brutlag, Minneapolis, Minnesota Prescription antidepressants and anxiolytic drugs routinely rank among the most commonly prescribed agents in the United States. Additionally, they are commonly…
Chapter 27 Over-the-Counter Drug Toxicosis David C. Dorman, Raleigh, North Carolina According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) there are over 300,000 over-the-counter (OTC) drug products. These drugs represent…
Chapter 23 Drugs Used to Treat Toxicoses Sharon M. Gwaltney-Brant, Mahomet, Illinois Paracelsus, who some consider the “Father of Toxicology,” declared in the sixteenth century, “All substances are poisons; there is…
Chapter 25 Human Drugs of Abuse and Central Nervous System Stimulants Petra A. Volmer, Champaign, Illinois Animal exposures to human drugs of abuse occur periodically in veterinary medicine. In many cases…
Chapter 24 Intravenous Lipid Emulsion Therapy Justine A. Lee, Minneapolis, Minnesota Alberto L. Fernandez Mojica, St. Georges, West Indies, Grenada Intravenous lipid emulsion (ILE), also known as intravenous fat emulsion (IFE), has…
Chapter 22 Urban Legends of Toxicology Facts and Fiction Frederick W. Oehme, Manhattan, Kansas William R. Hare, JR., Beltsville, Maryland Tens of thousands of potentially toxic exposures are reported to U.S. animal…
