Tag: vitamins

For more than 50 years and since its inception by Congress in 1961, the third week in March has been designated as National Poison Prevention Week. This year it falls on March 17-23, and the veterinarians and toxicology experts at Pet Poison Helpline® are urging everyone to remember the four-legged members of the family, as…

Join two of Pet Poison Helpline®’s staff veterinarians and toxicologists, Sharon Welch, DVM, DABVT, DABT and Colleen Almgren, DVM, PhD, for the first of our 2012 local CE programs.  This free, two hour program will review common multi-vitamins, supplements, nutraceuticals, and eye drops that are poisonous to dogs and cats when ingested.  Mechanisms of action of toxicosis,…