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Do you want to brush up on your knowledge of poisoning cases? Interested in finding out more about toxicology testing in your poisoned patients? The Veterinary Poisons Information Service (VPIS) and Veterinary Pathology Group (VPG) will be collaborating on a FREE live webinar, discussing the first steps to take when [...]
March is Pet Poison Prevention Awareness Month! 🐾💊 Throughout the month, we will be sharing a variety of posts on our social media to raise awareness of the different hazards that our animals may be exposed to and how to keep them safe. You can find us on Facebook at [...]
Another potential Christmas food hazard are grapes and their dried fruits (sultanas, raisins and currants). This includes Christmas pudding, Christmas cake and mince pies. Ingestion of grapes or their dried fruits can cause renal failure in dogs but this only happens in a minority of cases. Not all dogs are [...]
Activated charcoal is an adsorbent commonly used in the management of both human and veterinary poisoning. Charcoal is treated to produce activated charcoal, a finely powdered material with a huge surface area which is capable of binding to a variety of chemicals; this relies mainly on weak intermolecular forces and [...]
Blue-green algae occur in both freshwater and marine environments and are either floating (planktonic) or bottom-dwelling (benthic). Under favourable conditions blue-green algae may form massive growths or visible growths or blooms (most commonly in late spring, summer and early autumn). Exposures in animals usually occur when they drink from water [...]
Christmas is associated with an excess of food and top of the list is chocolate. This of course means an increase in cases of accidental ingestion in pets, particularly dogs. We see a huge increase in call numbers relating to chocolate at this time of year – around 20% of [...]
We would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy 2023! Just a reminder if you need us over the festive period - we are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Animal PoisonLine (APL), our triage service for owners, is also available 24 hours. Around [...]
These novelty items are readily available and often chewed/ingested by animals around Halloween and Guy Fawkes’ night. They consist of polyethylene tubing filled with a liquid mixture that gives off a light of various colours. There are normally two components to the mixture, a luminescer (mostly dibutyl phthalate), and an [...]
Throughout Autumn and Winter, we receive many calls involving animals (mostly dogs) ingesting red berries, whilst on a walk or in the garden. It is often difficult to identify the species of plant, and therefore identify whether ingestion is a toxicological risk. Here, we will discuss the two red berries [...]
The number of rodenticide enquiries we receive increases as the weather starts to get colder, as rodents attempt to move indoors. The most common type of rodenticides available are anticoagulants, which work by blocking the action of vitamin K, preventing the blood from clotting. Another common active ingredient in rodenticides [...]
