background: an analysis performed on the collected data from the local drug and poison information centre (dpic) of jundishapur university revealed that stings are the main causes of poisonings with frequency of 56%, followed by drug poisoning in 31%, and chemical exposure poisoning in 5.5% in khuzestan, the southwestern province of iran. objectives: the aim of the present study was to report t...

This communication describes two attacks by domestic and wild carnivores in Caceres County, localized in the Pantanal area, an extensive flooded plain in Mato Grosso State, Midwest region of Brazil. The first attack took place in an urban area and was caused by a Rottweiler dog (Canis lupus familiaris) created by the family of the victim. Another attack occurred in a rural area, caused by a jag...

C. J. MAnniOn and colleagues raise some valid issues in their letter about preventing dog bite wounds in people (VR, June 4, 2011, vol 168, p 594). The issue of bite marks on or from animals is a developing and specialised field of forensic veterinary science. Bite mark analysts are often called to give professional and expert testimony in court on bite marks from an animal that may bite anothe...

more than 40,000 species of spiders have been identified in the world. spider bites is a common problem among people, however few of them are harmful but delay in treatment can cause death. since the spider bites are risk full to human, they should be taken seriously, especially in endemic areas. our objective in this review was to study about poisonous spiders and find out treatments of them. ...

Introduction: Scorpion bite is one of the major health problems in most countries. Lordegan is one of the areas where several reports of Scorpion bite occur. The purpose of this study was to describe the epidemiological and demographic characteristics of selected scorpions for preventive measures. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted to collect information about all th...

tarantulas have recently become as pets in most parts of the world that increased the probability of encountering emergency physicians with patients hurt with these spiders. their attacks usually do not cause general manifestation, however there are some case reports in this regard. here, a 40-year-old man was reported who was referred to the emergency department with severe periumbilical pain ...