Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Clinical Companion: Equine Toxicology

Lynn R. Hovda (Editor), Dionne Benson (Editor), Robert H. Poppenga (Editor)
ISBN: 9781119671497
September 2021
Wiley-Blackwell
544 Pages

Description

Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Clinical Companion Equine Toxicology

A clinical quick-reference guide to managing toxicants in horses

Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Clinical Companion: Equine Toxicology provides crucial information for managing toxicants in horses in a quick-reference format. The book begins with foundational information on clinical toxicology, including emergency management, antidotes, sample analysis, and necropsy. It then discusses specific toxicant categories and toxicants of concern, organized alphabetically for fast access in emergency situations.

The identically formatted topics offer key information relevant to managing toxicants in horses, plus clinical photographs depicting plants and drugs to help clinicians and students identify toxicants. A companion website presents the figures from the book for download in PowerPoint.

This book is the ideal clinical resource for busy practitioners seeking immediate access to life-saving information in time-sensitive emergencies. It places all the information the reader needs to manage toxicants in horses at their fingertips, with full color images and concise bullet points.

Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Clinical Companion: Equine Toxicology features:

• A thorough introduction to emergency management of the poisoned equine patient, as well as general principles of toxicants, antidotes, lab sample analysis, and necropsy analysis
• An exploration of specific toxins and toxicants, including illicit and pharmaceutical drugs, envenomations, insecticides, herbicides, and farm chemicals
• Practical discussions of metal, mycotoxin, rodenticide, and plant toxicology in horses
• In-depth discussion of intoxication by poisonous trees and miscellaneous toxins, like carbon monoxide, nitrates, nitrites, salt, smoke, and tropical materials

Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Clinical Companion: Equine Toxicology is an indispensable reference for veterinary clinicians and students dealing with equine medicine, as well as for anyone seeking concise and comprehensive information about equine toxicology.

Table of contents

Contributors List

SECTION 1 CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY
    Chapter 1        Forensic Investigation of Equine Intoxications
    Chapter 2        Necropsy Analysis
    Chapter 3        Laboratory Testing Considerations
    Chapter 4        Treating an Intoxicated Animal: Antidotes and Therapeutic Medications
    Chapter 5        Compounded Medications

SECTION 2 SPECIFIC TOXINS AND TOXICANTS
Drugs:  Illicit and Recreational
    Chapter 6        Cobalt
    Chapter 7        Cocaine
    Chapter 8        Dermorphin
    Chapter 9        Growth Hormones and Secretagogues
    Chapter 10   Marijuana
    Chapter 11   Methamphetamine and Amphetamine
    Chapter 12   Opioids
    Chapter 13      Selected Androgen (SARMS) and Estrogen (SERMS) Receptor Modulators
    Chapter 14      Synthetic Cannabinoids

Drugs: Prescription
    Chapter 15      Antipsychotic Agents – Reserpine and Fluphenazine
    Chapter 16      Benzodiazepines
    Chapter 17      Beta2 Agonists – Clenbuterol and Albuterol
    Chapter 18      Bisphosphonates
    Chapter 19      Gabapentin
    Chapter 20      Iodine
    Chapter 21      Medroxyprogesterone
    Chapter 22      Methylxanthines: Caffeine, theobromine, theophylline
    Chapter 23      Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDS)
    Chapter 24   Thyroxine (Levothyroxine)
    Chapter 25      Vitamin D (calciferol)

Insecticides, Herbicides and Farm Chemicals
    Chapter 26      Amitraz
    Chapter 27      Cholinesterase Inhibiting Carbamate Pesticides
    Chapter 28      Cholinesterase Inhibiting Organophosphate Pesticides
    Chapter 29      Fertilizers – nitrates, urea, phosphates and others
    Chapter 30      Herbicides
    Chapter 31      Paraquat and Diquat
    Chapter 32      Pentachlorophenol (PCP)
    Chapter 33      Pyrethroid and Pyrethrin Insecticides

Ionophores and Growth Promotants
    Chapter 34      Ionophores
    Chapter 35      Ractopamine
    Chapter 36      Zilpaterol

Metals
    Chapter 37      Arsenic
    Chapter 38      Fluoride
    Chapter 39      Iron
    Chapter 40      Lead
    Chapter 41      Selenium

Mycotoxins / Fungus
    Chapter 42      Aflatoxins          
    Chapter 43      Fescue (Endophyte-infected tall fescue)
    Chapter 44      Fumonisins
    Chapter 45      Fusaria
    Chapter 46      Slaframine
    Chapter 47      Tremorgenic Mycotoxins

Other Toxins
    Chapter 48      Clostridium Botulinum toxin
    Chapter 49      Cyanide
    Chapter 50      Sodium Chloride (Salt)

Plants and Biotoxins
    Chapter 51   Alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum)
    Chapter 52   Blue-Green algae (Cyanobacteria)
    Chapter 53      Cardiotoxic plants
    Chapter 54      Day blooming Jessamine (Cestrum spp.)
    Chapter 55      Death camus (Zigadenus spp.)
    Chapter 56      Hemlocks (Conium maculatum and Cicuta spp.)
    Chapter 57      Hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana)
    Chapter 58      Jimsonweed (Datura spp.)
    Chapter 59      Kleingrass (Panicum coloratum)
    Chapter 60      Lantana (Lantana camara)
    Chapter 61      Locoweeds (Astragalus spp. and Oxytropis spp.)
    Chapter 62      Narrow leaf milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis)
    Chapter 63      Nightshades (Solanum spp.)
    Chapter 64      Oleander (Nerium oleander and Cascabela thevetia)
    Chapter 65      Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids
    Chapter 66      Rayless goldenrod (Isocoma pluriflora)
    Chapter 67      Rhododendrons
    Chapter 68      Sudangrass (Sorghum spp.)
    Chapter 69      Tansy ragwort (Jacobea vulgaris)
    Chapter 70      White snake root (Ageratina altissima)
    Chapter 71      Yellowstar thistle / Russian knapweed (Centaurea solstitialis / Acroptilon repens)
    Chapter 72      Yew (Taxus spp.)

Rodenticides
    Chapter 73      Anticoagulants
    Chapter 74      Bromethalin
    Chapter 75      Cholecalciferol
    Chapter 76      Phosphides
    Chapter 77      Sodium fluoroacetate (Compound 1080)
    Chapter 78      Strychnine

Toxic Gases
    Chapter 79      Air Contaminants – CO, NH3, H2S
    Chapter 80     Smoke

Trees
    Chapter 81      Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
    Chapter 82      Black walnut (Juglans nigra)
    Chapter 83      Box elder (Acer negundo)
    Chapter 84      Oak (Quercus spp.)
    Chapter 85      Red maple (Acer rubrum)

Zootoxins
    Chapter 86      Blister Beetles (Epicauta spp. and Pyrota spp.)
    Chapter 87      Snakes – Crotalids (pit vipers)
    Chapter 88   Snakes – Elapids (coral snakes)
    Chapter 89      Spiders – Brown recluse spider and black widow spider

Section 3 Reference Material
    Appendix 1     Abbreviations
    Appendix 2     Herbicides
    Appendix 3     Information Resources for Toxicology

INDEX

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