Who We Are

Helping animals exposed to potentially hazardous substances is the mission of the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center (APCC). As North America's premier animal poison control center, the APCC:

• Provides 24-hour veterinary and diagnostic treatment recommendations by specially trained veterinary toxicologists.
• Protects and improves animal lives through toxicology education, consulting services, and case data review (as an alternative to traditional animal research).
• Developed AnTox™, a powerful, clinical, animal toxicology database system, to identify and characterize toxic effects of substances in animals.
• Works closely with human poison control centers to provide animal poisoning information and is a member of the American Association of Poison Control Centers.
• Offers extensive veterinary toxicology consulting to organizations in industry, government, and agriculture.

We also partner with PetRays. PetRays provides veterinary telemedicine consulting services to help veterinarians improve the speed and quality of animal health care provided to their clinics. Their staff of board-certified specialists provide consultations for large and small animals, avian, exotics, and equine in the areas of radiology, internal medicine, cardiology, dermatology, dentistry, ophthalmology, critical care, anesthesiology, neurology, and oncology. Services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Callers who are transferred to the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center directly from PetRays will receive a $5 discount for each established case. The caller is still responsible for paying the remainder of the fee, if applicable. If and when the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center provides clients with PetRays’ contact information, those clients will be provided with consultations from PetRays based on the needs of the animal(s) involved. PetRays’ fees and availability will vary by consultation type and fee structure.

Articles

About the APCC
More information on the work of the APCC.

APCC Staff Biographies
Read about key APCC staff.

Contact the APCC

Resources

What is AnTox™
Learn about this system that includes more patient data than any other veterinary toxicology medical record system in the world.

Poisonous Plants List
The most frequently encountered plants that produce ill effects on animals.

Poison Control for Pet Owners
Animal poison control resources from the ASPCA's APCC (Animal Poison Control Center).

Animal Poison Control Center Articles
A collection of veterinary toxicology articles written by APCC experts.