Abstract
Pet animals share man's urban environment, dwelling even in his home, and are thus exposed to the same ecologic hazards. The study of lead poisoning and other toxicologic diseases in dogs and other pets may afford valuable insight into human environmental health problems. The purpose of this report is to summarize data gathered from a large number of accidentally lead-poisoned dogs studied at a large urban animal hospital (Angell Memorial Animal Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts), to review the published data of others on lead intoxication in accidentally and experimentally poisoned dogs, and to compare features of lead poisoning in dogs with those in man. The information contained herein is offered to alert the medical profession to the occurrence and nature of lead poisoning in dogs, to establish the value of dogs as natural and experimental models for lead toxicity studies, and to indicate the usefulness of dogs and other pet animals as biologic barometers of environmental poisons dangerous to man. 43 references.
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