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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.
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. |
