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...

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 is the second in a series of three review articles on animal poisoning in Europe and focuses on cases in pet animals and horses in five European countries (Belgium, France, Greece, Italy and Spain) reported over the last decade. In the participating countries, dogs were the most commonly...

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.

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...

The pesticides and rodenticides are responsible for several human and animal intoxications. Preliminary data suggest that the illegal use of these compounds to poison small animals is a common practice in the central region of the Rio Grande do Sul state. The Laboratory of Toxicology received...