Table of Contents:
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: Boxelder (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