Chapter 54 – Chemical Warfare Agents and Risks to Animal Health

This chapter discusses the clinical signs, kinetics, decontamination, and treatment of animals exposed to choking agents (such as chlorine gas and phosgene), blister agents (such as mustard gas, lewisite, and phosgene oxime), blood agents [such as cyanide and hydrogen cyanide (HCN)], nerve agents (such as tabun, sarin, soman, and VX), 3-quinuclidinyl benzilate (BZ), lacrimators, and toxalbumins (such as ricin and abrin). It also discusses the possible use of animals as sentinels for chemical warfare.