Diplomate, American Board of Veterinary Toxicology
Associate Professor
College of Veterinary Medicine
Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Lab (WADDL)
Director of Admissions
E-Mail:
ptalcott@vetmed.wsu.edu
Office: Bustad 227
Phone: (509) 335-0807
My current position involves teaching in the veterinary curriculum
and providing diagnostic toxicology service to Washington Animal Disease
Diagnostic Laboratory and the University of Idaho's Analytical Sciences
Laboratory.
The veterinary toxicology service currently receives over 1300 cases
per year, totaling more than 4100 tests. These cases come from all over
the Northwest and include submissions involving all animal species.
Honors and Achievements
Recipient: Carl J. Norden Distinguished
Teacher Award, WSU College of Veterinary Medicine, 2006.
The Veterinary Toxicology service currently receives for 1400
cases per year, totaling more than 550 tests.
Recent Invited presentations include:
“Toxic Noxious Plants –
Control Them Before They Kill!”, Managing Noxious Weeds Seminar,
Spokane, WA, 2006.
“More Plants to Know and Worry About, or Not! The Good, the Bad, and
the Ugly”, Weed District #3, Annual Meeting, George, WA, January 26,
2006.
“More Plants to Know and Worry About, or Not!”, Current Topics in
Farm and Forest Health, University of Idaho, Cooperative Extension
System, Orofino, ID, December 8, 2005.
“Plants and Pesticides – Can We Have One Without the Other”,
Washington Consultants Committee Annual Conference, Yakima, WA, November
9, 2005.
“Chromium Poisoning in a Group of Dairy Cows”, American Association
of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, 48th Annual Conference,
Hershey, PA, November 3-6, 2005.
“Toxicological Exposure Incidents – Importance of Response
Priorities”, (2 hr), Pesticide Regulatory Education Program:
Comprehensive Combination Course, UC Davis Extension and the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Davis, CA, June 15, 2005.
"Mushrooms: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly", and "Home Bound, In
Town, and Running Around: Common and Uncommon Poisonings in Small
Animals", (4 hr), Western Veterinary Conference 2005, Las Vegas, NV,
February 20-24, 2005.
"Toxic Plants in Hay and Pastures", (1.5 hr), Noxious Weed Control
Board of Grant County, The Eighth Annual Noxious Weed Conference, Moses
Lake, WA, January 5, 2005.
Refereed Journal Publications
Stauber E and Talcott PA. 2006. Suspected zinc
poisoning in an iguana. Exotic DVM, Volume 8, Issue 1, pp. 13-14. Books:
Co-editor, Small Animal Toxicology, Elsevier-Saunders – Second Edition
(Ed. Peterson ME and Talcott PA), 2006. Book chapters:
Talcott PA. 2006. "Cicuta spp. (water hemlock)". In 5 Minute
Veterinary Consult: Ruminant, Ed. S.R.R. Haskell, Blackwell Publishing,
in press.
Talcott PA. 2006. "Conium spp. (poison hemlock)". In
5 Minute Veterinary Consult: Ruminant, Ed. S.R.R. Haskell, Blackwell
Publishing, in press.
Talcott PA. 2006. "Pteridium aquilinum (bracken
fern)". In 5 Minute Veterinary Consult: Ruminant, Ed. S.R.R. Haskell,
Blackwell Publishing, in press.
Talcott PA. 2006. "Pyrrolizidine alkaloids". In 5
Minute Veterinary Consult: Ruminant, Ed. S.R.R. Haskell, Blackwell
Publishing, in press.
Talcott PA. 2006. "Nitrate and nitrite toxicosis".
In 5 Minute Veterinary Consult: Ruminant, Ed. S.R.R. Haskell, Blackwell
Publishing, in press.
Talcott PA. 2006. "Lead toxicosis". In 5 Minute
Veterinary Consult: Ruminant, Ed. S.R.R. Haskell, Blackwell Publishing,
in press.
Galey FD and Talcott PA. 2006. “Effective use of a
diagnostic laboratory”. In Small Animal Toxicology, Second Edition, Ed.
M.E. Peterson and P.A. Talcott, Saunders/Elsevier, pp. 154-164.
Murphy MF and Talcott PA. 2006. “Anticoagulant
rodenticides”. In Small Animal Toxicology, Second Edition, Ed. M.E.
Peterson and P.A. Talcott, Saunders/Elsevier, pp. 563-577.
Talcott PA. 2006. “Copper”. In Small Animal
Toxicology, Second Edition, Ed. M.E. Peterson and P.A. Talcott,
Saunders/Elsevier, pp. 668-673.
Talcott PA. 2006. “Nonsteroidal antiinflammatories”.
In Small Animal Toxicology, Second Edition, Ed. M.E. Peterson and P.A.
Talcott, Saunders/Elsevier, pp. 902-933.
Hooser SB and Talcott PA. 2006. “Cyanobacteria”. In
Small Animal Toxicology, Second Edition, Ed. M.E. Peterson and P.A.
Talcott, Saunders/Elsevier, pp. 685-689.
Hooser SB and Talcott PA. 2006. “Mycotoxins”. In
Small Animal Toxicology, Second Edition, Ed. M.E. Peterson and P.A.
Talcott, Saunders/Elsevier, pp. 888-897.
Talcott PA. 2006. “Strychnine”. In Small Animal
Toxicology, Second Edition, Ed. M.E. Peterson and P.A. Talcott,
Saunders/Elsevier, pp. 1076-1082.
Talcott PA. 2006. “Zinc”. In Small Animal
Toxicology, Second Edition, Ed. M.E. Peterson and P.A. Talcott,
Saunders/Elsevier, pp. 1094-1100.
