Veterinary Taxicology

Acute Lethal Doses of Certain Compounds

ACUTE LETHAL DOSE OF CERTAIN COMPOUNDS

The acute lethal dose some compounds are furnished below.

 

mg/kg	Toxins, venoms and poisons
1,000,000	Water
10,000	Ethanol, other alcohols, anaesthetics
1,000	Iron salts, vitamins
100	Barbiturates, general anaesthetics
10	Morphine, some snake venoms
1	Nicotine and many plant poisons
0.1	Curare, sea snake venoms, jellyfish toxins
0.01	Tetradotoxin
0.001	Ciguatoxin, palytoxin
< 0.0001	Botulinum toxins

• The acute lethal dose od stychnine is 2 mg/kg.