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1.Chocolate Toxicity
About.com article on chocolate toxicity in dogs, cats and other animals.
URL:http://vetmedicine.about.com/library/weekly/aa020900a.htm
2.Chocolate Intoxication
ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center brief by Shawn Gwaltney-Brant, DVM PhD.
URL:http://www.aspca.org/apcc/toxbrief_0201.pdf
3.Tremorogenic Mycotoxin Intoxication
Dogs allowed to roam free or get into trash can ingest moldy food that contains toxins which can cause twitching, tremors and seizures. This toxicosis has beenr eported in dogs and a squirrel.
URL:http://www.aspca.org/apcc/toxbrief_0400.pdf
4.Death by Chocolate?
ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center article written by a veterinary techinician, for owners, about chocoloate toxicity in pets.
URL:http://www.aspca.org/apcc/vettech_march01.pdf
5.Human Foods that Poison Pets
Petalia article on garlic, onion, chocolate and macadamia nut toxicities in pets.
URL:http://www.petalia.com.au/Templates/StoryTemplate_Process.cfm?specie=Dogs&story_no=257
6.Chocolate Toxicity In Animals
Article on the signs, diagnosis, treatments, and prognosis for chocolate toxicity in animals.
URL:http://www.petalia.com.au/Templates/StoryTemplate_Process.cfm?specie=Small_Pets&story_no=1390
7.Chocolate Poisoning
ProVet health care information article on chocolate poisoning in dogs and cats.
URL:http://www.provet.co.uk/health/diseases/chocolate.htm
8.Aflatoxin in Peanuts
Provet healthcare information article on aflatoxin toxicity in birds, dogs and small mammals.
URL:http://www.provet.co.uk/petfacts/healthtips/aflatoxinpeanuts.htm
9.Caffeine Poisoning
ProVet healthcare information article on caffiene poisoning by coffee, tea and chocolate in dogs and cats.
URL:http://www.provet.co.uk/petfacts/healthtips/caffeinepoisoning.htm
10.Rat and Mouse Gazette: Chocolate Toxicity?
Article discusses the lack of toxicity of chocolate in rats, as compared the proven toxicity in dogs.
URL:http://www.rmca.org/Articles/chocolate.htm
11.Chocolate Toxicity Table
Veterinary Support Personnel Network handout which provides charts of exactly how much of which kind of chocolate ingested, when compared to the body weight of the pet, will likely result in aq certain severity of clinical signs.
URL:http://www.vspn.org/Library/misc/VSPN_M01325.htm
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