Animal poisoning by chemicals (pesticides and household products) and drugs is a frequent occurrence and special attention should be paid to this phenomenon to improve prevention and treatment strategies and because of the fundamental role that animals may play as bioindicators. From January 2017 to March 2019 the Poison Control Centre of Milan (CAV) in collaboration with the University of Milan, collected and analyzed epidemiological data on animal poisoning. During this period, the CAV received a total of 442 enquiries on domestic animal poisoning episodes and, among these, 80.3 % were related to chemicals and drugs. Pesticides and drugs were the two major causes of poisoning (34.1 % and 33.5 %, respectively), followed by household products (29.3 %) and other causative agents (3.1 %, n = 11). In conclusion, these findings can provide useful information for the identification and monitoring of known and emerging toxicants, with positive repercussions on human, animal and environmental health.

动物经常被化学品（农药和家用产品）和药物中毒，应特别注意这种现象，以改善预防和治疗策略，并且由于动物可能扮演生物指示剂的基本作用。从2017年1月到2019年3月，米兰毒物控制中心（CAV）与米兰大学合作，收集并分析了有关动物中毒的流行病学数据。在此期间，CAV共收到442例关于家畜中毒事件的询问，其中80.3％与化学药品和毒品有关。农药和药物是中毒的两个主要原因（分别为34.1％和33.5％），其次是家庭用品（29.3％）和其他致病因子（3.1％，n = 11）。结论，