Strychnine is an alkaloid with strong toxic properties. Poisoning results in muscular contractions and death through asphyxiation. Intentional or accidental poisonings with strychnine occur mainly in small animals, especially dogs and occasionally cats. Strychnine can be detected in the liver or...

Nowadays the intentional poisoning of domestic and wild animals is a crime in the European Union (EU), but as in the past the poison is still used in rural areas of a number of European countries to kill animals that were considered harmful for human activities. From January 2014 up until October...

Purpose: Leaf extracts of Paullinia pinnata L. (Sapindaceae) are used in ethnomedicine for the treatment of central nervous system-related diseases such as insomnia and epilepsy. We determined the bioactive constituents, sleep-enhancing and anti-convulsant potentials, and possible mechanisms of...

For this literature survey German reference books for each domestic animal species, poisonings published in professional journals in Germany (1998-2015), several international studies of poisonings in caseloads and data from toxicological services as well as reports of poisonings with pesticide in...

Knowledge of the most used toxics to poison domestic and wild animals is very important to prevent and control this occurrence. The results of this study, conducted between January 2009 and December 2012, show that anticoagulants are the most frequently found toxic substances in dead animals even...

First described: Circa the second millenium BC, Mesopotamia. Cause: Rabies virus (Family Rhabdoviridae, Genus Lyssavirus). Affected hosts: All warm-blooded animals. Highly susceptible hosts include wolves, foxes, coyotes, jackals, dogs, cattle, raccoons, skunks, bats and mongooses. Moderately...

This article discusses the mechanisms of action of various rodenticides such as bromethalin, cholecalciferol, strychnine and zinc phosphide; along with cilinical aspects, diagnosis and treatment of the associated toxicoses in dogs, cats and other animals.

This paper presents tips that will help recognize poisonous substances focusing on plants and pesticides. The various products in which these toxicants can be found are listed,as well as brief explanations on how they are harmful, the clinical signs they cause, and appropriate treatments.

Strychnine, an alkaloid used illegally for poisoned baits, is highly toxic to human beings and animals. It is rapidly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract and acts upon the central nervous system (CNS), causing excitation of all parts of the CNS. Although strychnine poisoning is now considered...