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|Podcasts|September 13, 2022
The top 5 most common poisons pets ingest
Learn the top 5 toxins that lead to emergency care for pets
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Renee Schmid, DVM, DABT, DABVT joins The Vet Blast Podcast to discuss the top 5 most common poisons ingested by pets. Adam Christman, DVM, MBA attempts to guess which toxins made the list with surprising results.
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Renee Schmid, DVM, DABT, DABVT: I think that toxicology in general isn't talked about very much in schools anymore in colleges, because the curriculum is so rigorous. They are starting to cut a lot of toxicology programs, and so people are really kind of hungry...for more toxicology knowledge when they're out in general practice, emergency practice, or even specialty work.
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