Source: VETERINARY MEDICINE
 February 1, 2006
By:Jay Albretsen, DVM, PhD, DABT, DABVT
Iron is the most abundant trace mineral in the body and is an essential element in most biological systems.
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Source: VETERINARY MEDICINE
September 1, 2005
By:R.B. Cope, BSc, BVSc, PhD
For millennia, people used yew alkaloids as both a method of suicide and a chemical weapon during hunting and warfare.
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Source: VETERINARY MEDICINE
August 1, 2005
By:R.B. Cope, BSc, BVSc, PhD
Wild and domesticated Allium species have been used for culinary and ethnomedicinal purposes since the beginning of recorded history.
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Source: VETERINARY MEDICINE
May 1, 2005
By:Brandy Porterpan, DVM
In this article, I describe the grape-raisin syndrome in dogs and review the basic steps in treating the most life-threatening aspect of this toxicosis?acute renal failure.
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Source: VETERINARY MEDICINE
January 1, 2005
By:Camille DeClementi, VMD
Between 2002 and 2004, ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center (APCC) staff members consulted on 158 cases of moth repellent ingestion. In most instances, the exposure was oral, but dermal and inhalation exposures were also reported. Naphthalene was the active ingredient in 83% of the cases, and paradichlorobenzene was the active ingredient in 17%.
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Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
 November 1, 2004
URBANA, ILL.—Open medications and household pesticides remain the most-common reasons for pet bird poisonings, according to a report from the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center.
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Source: VETERINARY MEDICINE
November 1, 2004
By:Geof Smith, DVM, PhD, DACVIM
Kalanchoe is a genus of 150 to 200 plant species, most of which are native to southern Africa, Madagascar, and Australia.
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Source: VETERINARY MEDICINE
September 1, 2004
By:R.B. Cope, BSc, BVSc, PhD
Last summer, an epizootic of paraquat poisoning caused the deaths of at least seven dogs in Portland, Ore. This epizootic is evidence that this type of poisoning remains a current problem in companion-animal practice in North America.
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