Small Animal Toxicology

Diagnose and determine treatment for toxic exposures in small animals with this quick reference! Small Animal Toxicology, 3rd Edition covers hundreds of potentially toxic substances, providing the information you need to manage emergency treatment and prevent poisonings in companion animals. To help you identify an unknown poison, this guide provides a list of potential toxins based on clinical signs or symptoms. It also includes a NEW color insert with 85 full-color photographs of toxic plants and of lesions associated with various poisonings. Written by respected veterinarian Michael E. Peterson and board-certified veterinary toxicologist Patricia A. Talcott, along with a team of expert contributors, this edition covers a wide variety of topics including toxicodynamics, toxicokinetics, effective history taking, recognizing clinical signs of toxic exposures, managing emergencies, and supportive care of the poisoned patient.

• Comprehensive coverage of toxins/poisons includes the full range of substances from acetaminophen to zinc, including home products, prescription medicines, recreational drugs, and more.
• Guidelines to evaluation, diagnosis and treatment include examinations of the source, toxic dose, toxicokinetics, clinical signs, minimum database, confirming tests, treatment progress and differential diagnosis for each specific toxicant.
• Coverage of common poisonous substances includes grapes and raisins, nicotine, mercury, mushrooms, Christmas-time plants, and snake and spider venoms.
• Toxicological Concepts section provides information on toxicologic principles such as history taking, providing supportive care, and managing emergency treatment.
• General Exposures section addresses nontraditional toxicology such as indoor environmental air, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and toxicities in pregnant and lactating animals.
• Miscellaneous Toxicant Groups section covers commonly encountered specific toxicants, the proper use of diagnostic laboratories, use of human poison control centers, and antidotes for specific toxins.
• More than 50 international contributors provide up-to-date, authoritative advice on treating poisonings and intoxications.

• 20 new chapters have been added
• New topics include a list of toxicants affecting body systems, management of toxins in pregnancy, diagnostic toxicology, bacterial toxins, and cosmetic/toilet articles
• Snake-bite injuries are treated in two separate, expanded chapters: Pit Vipers and Coral Snakes
• Section on pharmaceuticals includes bromides, anticonvulsants, tricycle antidepressants, monoamine oxidize inhibitors, B-adrenergic toxicities, and vitamins A and D
• Additional specific toxicants are covered, including Amitraz, hydramethylon, ethanol, mercury, toad toxins, poisonous frogs, salamanders, newts and venomous arthropods¿ Additional specific toxicants are covered, including Amitraz, hydramethylon, ethanol, mercury, toad toxins, poisonous frogs, salamanders, newts and venomous arthropods.
  
  

  List of contents

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Section 1: Toxicological Concepts
  1. General Toxicological Concepts
  2. Toxicokinetics and Toxicodynamics
  3. Toxicologic Information Resources
  4. Effective Use of Veterinary Poison Center NEW!
  5. Effective Use of Human Poison Center
  6. Taking a Toxicologic History
  7. Approach to Diagnosis and Initial Treatment
  8. Selecting a Minimum Database
  9. Initial Management of the Poisoned Patient
  10. Decontamination
  11. General Supportive Care
  12. Effective Use of the Diagnostic Lab
  Section 2: General Exposures
  13. Litigation and Toxicology NEW!
  14. Indoor Environmental Quality and Health
  15. Responding to Mass Exposures NEW!
  16. Reproductive Toxicology of the Male and Female
  17. Considerations in the Poisoned Pregnant and Lactating Patient
  18. Considerations in the Pediatric Poisoned Patient NEW!
  19. Considerations in the Geriatric Poisoned Patient NEW!
  20. Poisoning in the Captive Reptile
  21. Poisoning in the Small Mammal (pocket pets) NEW!
  22. Poisoning in the Avian Patient NEW!
  Section 3: Miscellaneous Toxicant Groups
  23. Adverse Drug Reactions
  24. Miscellaneous Indoor Toxicants
  25. "Recreational" Drugs
  26. Herbal and Natural Products (homeopathic)
  27. Household and Garden Plants
  28. Miscellaneous Herbicides, Fungicides, and Nematocides
  29. Smoke Inhalation (house fires)
  30. Acetaminophen
  31. Amitraz
  32. Anticoagulant Rodenticides
  33. Anticonvulsants
  34. Arsenic
  35. Botulism
  36. Bromethalin
  37. Carbon Monoxide
  38. Cholecalciferol
  39. "Christmas time" Plants
  40. Citrus Oils
  41. Copper
  42. Cyanide
  43. Cyanobacteria
  44. DEET
  45. Diethylene Glycol
  46. Ethanol
  47. Ethylene Glycol
  48. Grapes and Raisins
  49. Insects - Hymenoptera
  50. Ionophores
  51. Iron
  52. Ivermectin: Macrolide Antiparasitic Agents
  53. Lead
  54. Lilies
  55. Poisonous Lizards
  56. Macadamia Nuts
  57. Mercury
  58. Metaldehyde
  59. Methanol
  60. Methylxanthines
  61. Metronidazole
  62. Mushrooms
  63. Mycotoxins
  64. Nicotine
  65. Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatories
  66. Organochlorine Pesticides
  67. Organophosphate and Carbamate Pesticides
  68. Oxalate-Containing Plants
  69. Paraquat
  70. Atypical Topical Spot-On Products
  71. Petroleum Hydrocarbons
  72. Propylene Glycol
  73. Pyrethrins and Pyrethroids
  74. Ricin
  75. Snake Bite - North American Pit Vipers
  76. Snake Bite - Coral Snakes
  77. Sodium
  78. Sodium Monofluoroacetate
  79. Spider Envenomation - Black Widow
  80. Spider Envenomation - Brown Recluse
  81. Strychnine
  82. Toads
  83. Xylitol NEW!
  84. Zinc
  85. Zinc Phosphide
  
  
  

  About the author

  Dr. Patricia Talcott is the Director of Admissions for the WSU College of Veterinary Medicine (since 2007). Her current position involves teaching in the veterinary curriculum and providing diagnostic toxicology service to Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory and the University of Idaho's Analytical Sciences Laboratory. The veterinary toxicology service currently receives over 1300 cases per year, totaling more than 4100 tests. These cases come from all over the Northwest and include submissions involving all animal species.Dr. Michael Peterson did his undergraduate work at St. Martin's College (in Washington State), his DVM at Washington State University (1983), and his master's degree in Toxicology at the University of Arizona (1994). He is a recognized expert in the diagnosis and treatment of venomous bites and stings occurring in domestic animals. Has many years of experience practicing veterinary emergency and critical care. He has been a breeder and exhibitor of purebred dogs since 1968. A significant portion of his daily practice of veterinary medicine is related to small animal reproduction. He has written many book chapters and research papers and lectures extensively.

Product details

• Authors: Peterson Michael E., Talcott Patricia A.
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2012
• EAN: 9781455707171
• ISBN: 978-1-4557-0717-1
• Weight: 1130 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Veterinary medicine; MEDICAL / Veterinary Medicine / Small Animal, Veterinary medicine: small animals (pets), Veterinary medicine: small animals