Toxicology

Client handout: Don’t use your dog’s flea and tick medication on your cat!

VETTED: Jan 31, 2018

Sharing isn’t always caring—especially when it can harm your patients that purr. Educate your veterinary clients on the dangers posed by permethrin with this free handout.

Essential oils for fleas and ticks? Not so fast

VETERINARY MEDICINE: Jan 30, 2018

By Sarah J. Wooten, DVM

Veterinary toxicologist lays out the facts on "natural" parasite prevention products.

Pets and pot: Highlights on therapeutic marijuana and cannabinoids

DVM360 MAGAZINE: Dec 27, 2017

By Katie James, dvm360 Associate Content Specialist

States have begun legalizing medical marijuana for human patients—will pets see the benefits as well?

What can therapeutic drug monitoring do for you?

VETERINARY MEDICINE: Oct 20, 2017

By Sarah J. Wooten, DVM

For starters, it can make you a veterinary detective/fortune teller/superhero who practices better medicine while making more money.

Veterinary neurology alert: Bromethalin toxicosis on the rise in pets

DVM360 MAGAZINE: Jun 13, 2017

By Marc Kent, DVM, DACVIM (neurology), Eric Glass, MS, DVM, DACVIM (neurology)

EPA shift away from anticoagulant rodenticides means increased exposure to neurotoxin with no known antidote.

Client handout: Top 10 human medications poisonous to pets

VETERINARY ECONOMICS: Apr 20, 2017

By Ahna Brutlag, DVM, MS, DABT, DABVT, Pet Poison Helpline staff

This information for your veterinary clients is truly a life-saver!

Your step-by-step guide to treat a poisoned pet

VETERINARY MEDICINE: Apr 06, 2017

By Vincent J. Thawley, VMD, DACVECC

A golden retriever that ate a chocolate bar or a cat that was splashed with paint is presented to your clinic for evaluation. Do you know what to do?

Acetaminophen toxicosis in cats: a CVC doodle

VETERINARY MEDICINE: Mar 17, 2017

By Hannah Wagle, Assistant Content Specialist

Expert Ralph Harvey, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVA, shares his awesome advice for handling a case of a cat with acetaminophen toxicosis.

Don't deck the stalls with these holiday hazards

Pet Poison Helpline: Nov 16, 2016

By Lynn Hovda, RPH, DVM, MS, DACVIM

Bad holiday décor choices by equine owners can truly become a matter of life or death. (It's nothing to horse around with.)

Interactive feature: Top 5 trees poisonous to large animals

Pet Poison Helpline: Oct 14, 2016

By Lynn Hovda, RPH, DVM, MS, DACVIM, Melissa Franssen

Do you know the clinical signs of these tree-related toxicoses and how to help affected patients?

Elementary, my dear veterinary toxicologist

DVM360 MAGAZINE: Sep 23, 2016

By Tim J. Evans, DVM, MS, PhD, DACT, DABVT, Hannah Wagle, Assistant Content Specialist

Dr. Tim Evans gives some fundamental toxicology tips and tricks to help out when it comes to finding the source in small animal intoxications and possible malicious poisonings.

Marijuana ... bingo!

FIRSTLINE: Sep 16, 2016

By ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center staff

While fielding calls to help save pets from drug-stash ingestion accidents and allergic reactions, the veterinary team at the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center keeps up morale and mood with some harmless tallying.