In our country, to date, incidence of poisoning in domestic animals has only been partially evaluated in isolated studies. Therefore, there is a critical lack of information for practitioners in this field and a real risk of misevaluating this important phenomenon. So, this paper tries to define the incidence of poisonings in companion animals in Italy and to improve knowledge of this phenomenon. The work is divided in three parts. In the first one F. Caloni presents the situation in the Northern Italy with the survey of the Poison Control Centre of Milan from 2000 to 2002, in the second part G. Mengozzi reports the results from 1999 to 30 June 2003 of Central Italy and in the last one M. Amorena shows the incidence of poisonings in Southern and Insular Italy .
Epidemiology of intoxications in Italy
MENGOZZI, GRAZIA
2004-01-01
Abstract
In our country, to date, incidence of poisoning in domestic animals has only been partially evaluated in isolated studies. Therefore, there is a critical lack of information for practitioners in this field and a real risk of misevaluating this important phenomenon. So, this paper tries to define the incidence of poisonings in companion animals in Italy and to improve knowledge of this phenomenon. The work is divided in three parts. In the first one F. Caloni presents the situation in the Northern Italy with the survey of the Poison Control Centre of Milan from 2000 to 2002, in the second part G. Mengozzi reports the results from 1999 to 30 June 2003 of Central Italy and in the last one M. Amorena shows the incidence of poisonings in Southern and Insular Italy .I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
