cover image - Small Animal Toxicology, 3rd Edition
ISBN: 9781455707171
Copyright: 2013
Publication Date: 11-29-2012
Page Count: 928
Imprint: Saunders
List Price: $103.99

Small Animal Toxicology, 3rd Edition

by Patricia A. Talcott, MS, DVM, PhD DipABVT and Michael E. Peterson, DVM, MS

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cover image - Small Animal Toxicology, 3rd Edition
ISBN: 9781455707171
Copyright: 2013
Publication Date: 11-29-2012
Page Count: 928
Imprint: Saunders
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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.
  • 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

  • Patricia A. Talcott, MS, DVM, PhD DipABVT and Michael E. Peterson, DVM, MS, Reid Veterinary Hospital, Albany, Oregon.
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