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Moldy Food Dangers to Pets

At the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center, not a day goes by that a call doesn’t come in about a tremoring dog or cat.

5 Pet Safety Tips for Storm Preparedness

These tips from the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center can help your clients and adopters keep pets safe and calm during stormy weather.

5-HTP and Pets: A Potentially Lethal Combination

5-HTP is popularly used for appetite suppression, mood enhancement and relieving insomnia. But when pets get into supplements, serious problems can occur.

Aldicarb Toxicity & Treatment

Read about treatment options for Aldicarb, or Tres Pasitos, a highly dangerous "hot" carbamate pesticide that can make pets very ill.

Back-to-School Safety Tips for Pets

Backpacks and lunchboxes can present hazards to animals in the home, so share these back-to-school safety tips with clients, adopters and your community.

Bordetella and Mistaken Injections

Brush up on treatment options when a Bordetella vaccine is accidentally injected rather than the correct intranasal administration.

Dextromethorphan Ingestion in Pets

Dextromethorphan is a common ingredient in over-the-counter cold, congestion, and flu medications, and pets who ingest it may need veterinary care.

Understanding and Treating Lead Toxicosis

While it’s not a common issue in dogs and cats, cases of lead toxicity do happen, so the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center offers this primer.

Vet Tech Corner: Ocular Decontamination

When you're flushing the eyes of a wiggly pet, every minute seems like a lifetime. Do you really need to flush that long?

Vet Tech Corner: Zinc Oxide Ingestion

Zinc oxide ointment can cause clinical signs quickly, but it is typically something that can be managed at home.