Veterinary Taxicology

TOXICITY TESTING

• Different types of testing methods are undertaken to test the toxicity of drugs and chemicals.
• This includes acute toxicity, subchronic toxicity, chronic toxicity, developmental toxicity, reproductive toxicity, phototoxicity, behavioural toxicity, hypersensitivity, ocular and skin irritation tests, mutagenicity, teratogenicity and carcinogenicity. In addition, toxicokinetic studies are conducted to estimate the toxicity. In many of these studies rodents are used as experimental animals.