Blackwell's five-minute veterinary consult clinical companion. Equine toxicology /
"Determining underlying causes for sudden or unexplained equine deaths has significant medicolegal importance. Potentially all horses are at risk, but horses are less commonly intoxicated than other species due to more selective dietary habits, more controlled environments, and more observant o...
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| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, NJ :
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
2022.
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| Series: | Five minute veterinary consult.
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Table of Contents:
- Section I: Clinical toxicology. Forensic investigation of equine intoxications
- Necropsy analysis
- Laboratory testing considerations
- Treating an intoxicated animal: antidotes and therapeutic medications
- Compounded medication
- Section II: Specific toxins and toxicants. Drugs: illicit and recreational
- Cobalt
- Cocaine
- Dermorphin
- Growth hormone and secretagogues
- Marijuana
- Methamphetamine/amphetamine
- Opioids
- Selective androgen (SARMS) and estrogen receptor (SERMS) modulators
- Synthetic cannabinoids
- Drugs: prescription
- Antipsychotic agents - reserpine and fluphenazine
- Benzodiazepines
- Bisphosphonates
- Gabapentin
- Iodine
- Medroxyprogesterone acetate
- Methylxanthine: caffeine, theobromine, theophylline
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
- Levothyroxine
- Vitamin D (calciferol)
- Insecticides, herbicides and farm chemicals
- Amitraz
- Cholinesterase-inhibiting carbamate pesticides
- Cholinesterase-inhibiting organophosphate pesticides
- Fertilizers - nitrates, urea, phosphates, and others
- Herbicides
- Paraquat and diquat
- Pentachlorophenol (PCP)
- Pyrethrins and pyrethroid insecticides
- Ionophores and growth promotants
- Ionophores
- Ractopamine
- Zilpaterol
- Metals
- Arsenic
- Fluoride
- Iron
- Lead
- Selenium
- Mycotoxins / fungus
- Aflatoxins
- Fescue (endophyte-infected tall fescue)
- Fumonisins
- Fusaria
- Slaframine
- Tremorgenic mycotoxins
- Other toxins
- Clostridium botulinum toxin
- Cyanide
- Sodium chloride (salt)
- Alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum)
- Plants and biotoxins
- Blue-green algae (Cyanobacteria)
- Cardiotoxic plants
- Day blooming jessamine (Cestrum diurnum)
- Death camas (Zigadenus spp.)
- Hemlock (poison hemlock - Conium maculatum; water hemlock - Cicuta spp.)
- Hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana)
- Jimsonweed (Datura stramonium)
- Kleingrass (Panicum coloratum)
- Lantana (Lantana camara)
- Locoweed (Astragalus and Oxytropis) Poisoning in Horses
- Narrowleaf milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis)
- Nightshades (Solanum spp.)
- Oleander (Nerium oleander and Cascabela thevetia)
- Pyrrolizidine alkaloids
- Rayless goldenrod (Isocoma pluriflora)
- Rhododendron spp.
- Sudangrass (Sorghum spp.)
- Tansy ragwort (Senecio jacobaea)
- White snakeroot (Ageratina altissima)
- Yellow star thistle (Centaurea solstitialis) and Russian knapweed (Acroptilon repens)
- Yew (Taxus spp.)
- Rodenticides
- Anticoagulants
- Bromethalin
- Cholecalciferol
- Phosphides
- Sodium fluoroacetate (Compound 1080)
- Strychnine
- Toxic gases
- Air contaminants: CO, NH3, H2S
- Smoke
- Trees
- Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
- Black walnut (Juglans nigra) Toxicosis
- Boxelder (Acer negundo)
- Oak (Quercus spp.)
- Red maple (Acer rubrum)
- Zootoxins
- Blister beetles (Epicauta spp. and Pyrota spp.)
- Snakes - Crotalids (pit vipers)
- Snakes - Elapids (coral snakes)
- Spiders - brown recluse and black widow
- Section 3: Reference information. Abbreviations
- Herbicides
- Information resources for toxicology.
