Veterinary - Clinical Databases and Resources

Vetlexicon provides many resources on poisoning and toxicity. These resources include general overviews of poisons and poisonous plants for each species, plant poisoning information by toxic compound, plant specific profiles, and compound toxicity information.

To browse toxicity articles available by species, select the species you wish to browse. Under Categories, select the "Toxicology" link, and under Media, select articles or other media types.

Poisonous Plant Profiles

Most species modules contain a poisonous plants overview article which list plants toxic to the species, clinical signs, and prevention. The toxicology sections also contain articles about specific poisonous plants, snake bites, toxic substances, etc. The contents of poisonous plant profiles vary, but generally will include toxicity information, clinical signs, and treatment information. If an image of the plant is available, the image may be in the text article itself or in an image file in the Related content area.

Toxicity Information

Articles regarding topics of toxicity generally will detail pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and outcomes.