|Articles|February 9, 2011

Today's Daily Dose: Strychnine poisoning

How to best identify this life-threatening toxicosis.

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“The best chance of finding strychnine alkaloid is in stomach content (in vomitus or through stomach washings) or in urine if samples are collected within the first several hours of exposure.”

-Safdar A. Khan, DVM, MS, PhD, DABVT, and Mary Kay McLean, BS

From Toxicology Brief: Epidemiology and management of strychnine poisoning

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