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POISON HOTLINE FOR PETS! - 5/24/2007 (found by For My Coby)
Kansas State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital is offering a FREE poison control hotline for pet owners and veterinarians (Monday-Friday 8-5pm).
1+785-532-5679 is the number and the service has been available since 1969. Dr Oehme, a vet and professor in toxicology and pathology oversees the hotline. Dr Oehme offers these suggestions:
- Be patient. The person answering the phone may have to take a few minutes to consult the vet on duty.
- Call as soon as possible. Immediate attention might save your animal. But waiting to see if there is a reaction could cost your animal their life.
- Have any product labels available for answers. The vet might need to know milligrams and generic names.
- Know your pet. Drooling could only mean he is thrilled to see you!
- Know that the toxicologists are also taking calls from vets about other animals and other problems, including those problems with large animals.
National Animal Poison Control Center:
http://www.napcc.aspca.org/
a not for profit service of the University of Illinois]:
NAPCC has three telephone numbers for easy access. Help is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
(900) 680-0000 costs $20 for the first five minutes and $2.95 for each additional minute billed to your telephone. (800) 548-2423 and (888) ANI-HELP [(888) 426-4435]. These are credit- card-only numbers for $30 per case. (Only Master Card, Visa, American Express, and Discover cards are accepted. )
Household Poisons (very comprehensive list of plants and household items):
http://www.kidssafe.com/p26.htm
How to Prevent Poisoning:
http://www.napcc.aspca.org/prevent.htm http://www.petsmart.com/articles/article_6989.shtml
Home Remedies for Poisoning:
http://www.petsmart.com/pet library/home_remedies/poisoning.shtml
American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Poison Guide
(categorizes by DANGEROUS, HIGHLY DANGEROUS and EMERGENCY):
http://www.avma.org/pubhlth/poisgde.html
General Poison Information:
http://www.thepoop.com/poisonous.asp http://mirabos.bham.ac.uk/ukclub/toxicchoc.htm http://vetmedicine.about.com/health/.../aa020900a.htm
Searchable Toxicology Database:
http://ace.ace.orst.edu/info/extoxnet/ghindex.html
Plants:
University of Illinois Toxicology Homepage (visual reference for poisonous plants):
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/vex/toxic/comlist.htm
Poisonous Plant List:
http://www.petsmart.com/articles/article_7190.shtml
The U of PA site includes a comprehensive index of plants by common and latin name with photographic references at:
http://cal.vet.upenn.edu/poison/index.html
This Texas A & M webpage contains a reference chart of poisonous plants and plant parts and related symptoms if ingested:
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/p...on/poison.html
Antifreeze Poisoning:
http://www.orphan.com/product_docume...rview_antizone.
http://www.orphan.com/product.dbm?id=2
Chocolate Poisoning:
Comprehensive look at types of chocolate and toxicity by weight:
http://users.snip.net/%7Ecarm74/choc.htm
Chart of toxicity by chocolate type and dog weight:
http://www.frii.com/~phouka/dogs/dog_choc.htm
Carbon Monoxide poisoning (human link, but relevant for pups too)
http://medicinegarden.com/Finished%2...Poisoning.html
Organophosphate Poisoning (flea products specificially):
http://www.positivehealth.com/permit...ent/organo.htm
Insect Control Products for the Yard (Organophosphates (found in Diazinon and Malathion in pesticides, and Pyrethrin, Permethrin, Carbaryl and Piperonyl Butoxide in flea and tick sprays):
http://www.simbra.com/articles/insect.htm
Poisons and Antidotes (human);
http://www.botanical.com/botanical/s.../poisonix.html