Small Animal Toxicology - 3rd Edition - Peterson and Talcott pdf

Small Animal Toxicology - Peterson and Talcott



Format pdf
946 Pages
85 Chapters plus Colour Plates
Published 2013
Third Edition
ISBN: 978-1-4557-0717-1
Complete and Linked Table of Contents
Fully Indexed
Size 16.5 MB

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Preface

This book was originally written with two goals in mind: to provide a valuable aid to the
practicing small animal clinician and to supply a textbook for veterinary students that
would supplement their classroom instruction. Dr. Peterson approached this text from the
viewpoint of an active small animal clinician with an academic background in toxicology
and public health. He is also an authority on clinical management of animals envenomated
by a variety of zootoxins. Dr. Talcott, a Diplomate of the American Board of Veterinary Toxicology,
brings to the book the experience of a practicing veterinary diagnostic toxicologist
and as a professor and instructor of 22 years teaching veterinary students at Washington
State University College of Veterinary Medicine.
This edition of the book has eight new chapters, which brings the total volume to
85 chapters.
All the chapters have been updated with the most recent information available
by experts in their fields. The book has also been expanded to four sections from the
previous three. The first section, “Toxicologic Concept’s” reviews both general toxicologic
principles and clinical approaches to diagnosis and initial stabilization of the poisoned
patient. This section includes areas such as toxicokinetics and toxicodynamics, effective
use of poison centers, taking an adequate history, minimum databases, decontamination,
and general supportive care, among other topics. The second section, “General Exposure’s”
covers large areas of toxicology such as indoor environmental quality, mass exposures,
reproductive toxicology, and special classes of intoxicated patients such as pregnant and
lactating, pediatric, geriatric, reptile, avian, and small mammals among others. The third
section, “Miscellaneous Toxicant Group’s” covers large classes of toxicant such as adverse
drug reactions, recreational drugs, herbal and natural products, plants, and miscellaneous
herbicides among others. The fourth section, “Specific Toxicant’s” covers more than 55 specific
compounds such as lead, grapes and raisins, copper, and many more. All these chapters
have the same format, starting with a brief highlighted outline of critical pieces of information
in the chapter, and then followed by sections on sources, toxic dose, toxicokinetics,
mechanism of toxicity, clinical signs, minimum database, confirmatory test, treatment,
prognosis, gross and histologic lesions, and differential diagnoses.
In addition to the added chapters and updated information, an index inside the look’s
front cover list toxins by their most likely affected biologic system. The index has been
expanded to aid the clinician in finding information quickly and helping to speed identification
of the most likely offending toxicant. We hope this textbook will be of assistance
to both those students and veterinarians looking for an updated resource on small animal
toxicology.
Michael E. Peterson
Patricia A. Talcott