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Up to 40 Credits £1,820.40 + VATDuring the festive period, mischievous dogs may help themselves to alcoholic drinks when left unattended. Alcohol may also be given intentionally to pets by owners wishing to see what effect the alcohol may have. Following oral exposure, alcohol is very rapidly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract where it acts as [...]
We have already started receiving enquiries involving various festive plants this year. Here is a summary of the species we most commonly receive calls about: Holly - (Ilex aquifolium) Holly can cause – in dogs - hypersalivation, vomiting, inappetence, diarrhoea, lethargy and depression. Animals may also shake their head and smack [...]
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 have been notified that a poisonous plant is being used as decoration in a pot plant that can be purchased in garden centres and possibly florists. The pot plant is Livistona rotundifolia (footstool palm; also known as Saribus rotundifolius) and pots of these plants are decorated with three fibrous [...]
It has been brought to our attention that there is a newly released film titled 'Anatomy of a Fall' (Original title: Anatomie d'une chute) that is currently being screened in cinemas across the UK. During the film, a dog is intentionally administered human medications and then subsequently given salt water [...]
We would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy 2024! 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 [...]
The aim of this retrospective study was to analyse the effect and potential adverse effects of intravenous lipid emulsion (ILE) in poisoned dogs and cats over a 5-year period. The study found that dogs and cats were poisoned with mostly unidentified toxicants (48%), rodenticides (8%), recreational drugs and nuts (7% [...]
The aim of this retrospective study was to analyse the effect and potential adverse effects of intravenous lipid emulsion (ILE) in poisoned dogs and cats over a 5-year period. The study found that dogs and cats were poisoned with mostly unidentified toxicants (48%), rodenticides (8%), recreational drugs and nuts (7% [...]
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. Cotoneaster species (as seen on the left), is an [...]
