Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Clinical Companion ─ Small Animal Toxicology

The sheer variety of toxic elements that small pets can be exposed to both in the home and outside is eye-opening. Everything from bread dough to batteries to, depending on where you live, bufo toads can rapidly prove fatal. This book has been designed to help veterinary clinicians correctly diagnose and begin treating such cases in the shortest amount of time possible, and as such, it features a very clean and readable layout for quick accessibility. It is divided into three sections: the first, clinical toxicology, focuses on measures that can save an animal's life before a diagnosis has even been made. The second, specific toxicants, makes up the bulk of the book's 865 pages. Each chapter here is organized into 11 subsections: definition/overview, etiology/pathophysiology, signalment/history, clinical features, differential diagnosis, diagnostics, therapeutics, and comments. The third section, containing reference information, includes conversion tables, diagnostic values for toxicants, regulatory resources, and other resources for toxicology. Contributors are distinguished veterinary professionals from a variety of specialties. This handbook will be useful for both practicing veterinarians and for teaching in professional curricula. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Gary D. Osweiler, DVM, MS, PhD, DABVT is a Professor of Veterinary Toxicology in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.

Lynn R. Hovda, RPH, DVM, MS, DACVIM is the Director of Veterinary Services at Pet Poison Helpline and SafetyCall International, PLLC in Minneapolis, Minnesota and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine at University of Minnesota in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Ahna G. Brutlag, DVM, is the Assistant Director of Veterinary Services at Pet Poison Helpline and SafetyCall International, PLLC in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Justine A. Lee, DVM, DACVECC, is the Associate Director of Veterinary Services at Pet Poison Helpline and SafetyCall International, PLLC in Minneapolis, Minnesota.