title: Animal poisonings: the 10-year experience of a veterinary analytical toxicology laboratory.
abstract: Data on 10-y of chemical toxicological analyses carried out in a veterinary laboratory in Barcelona, Spain for suspected wild and domestic animal poisonings are summarized. The 218 cases involved more than 1 million animals, some 7,500 of which died. Pesticides, especially insecticides (46.6%) and rodenticides (37.9%), were frequently involved. Strychnine (n = 11) and aldicarb (n = 10) were the most usual toxic agents in baits prepared for intentional poisonings; other cases involved pentachlorophenol, hexachlorocyclohexane or anticoagulant rodenticides. Service to veterinarians and others could be improved if a coordinated network of national and regional Animal Poison Centers were created.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Toxicology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Guitart
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Manosa
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Guerrero
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mateo
mesh_terms: D000820:Animal Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D000818:Animals; D003625:Data Collection; D011041:Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000662:veterinary*; D013030:Spain; D014116:Toxicology / Q000379:methods*