Monday, December 21, 2009

M&S Money Report Pet Poisonings on the Increase

M&S Money has apprenticed pet owners to ensure medication is deeply stored about the abode afterward a ample access in letters of pet poisonings.

The potentially baleful blow is a growing botheration above the UK, with a 34% year-on-year access in appear cases to Vetfone - a 24-hour admonition band accessible to M&S Pet Insurance customers. Vetfone is manned by able veterinary nurses who can accord anxious abominable lovers actual admonition on a pet’s condition. Around 70% of calls to the account by M&S Money barter are fabricated out of accustomed veterinary hours.

One of the above increases of poisonings apparent involves nicotine-based products, including nicotine patches, chewing gum and inhalers.

The baneful dosage of nicotine in dogs is 5 milligrams per batter pet bodyweight and a dosage of 10mg/lb can be lethal. While a cigarette contains 15-25 milligrams of nicotine, nicotine patches can accommodate abundant added at amid 8-114 milligrams of nicotine and even nicotine inhalers accommodate about 10 milligrams of nicotine. Signs of toxicity are dose-dependent and cover tremors, weakness, abasement and vomiting.

Vetfone Operations Manager & Senior Emergency Vet Nurse, Louise O’Dwyer, said: "It is actual apropos that there has been such a ample access in appear pet poisonings.

"Nicotine contagion can be decidedly serious. Remember blockage is bigger than cure, so ensure articles such as cigarettes, nicotine patches and gums and even ashtrays absolute cigarette butts are kept abroad from your pets reach."

M&S Money Insurance Manager, Judith Roberts, said: "Anyone who suspects that their pet has swallowed domiciliary medication should aboriginal try and analyze what’s been eaten, by convalescent packaging such as abscess packs or boxes and again seek actual veterinary advice.

"M&S Pet Insurance policyholders can blow assured that a able veterinary able is accessible annular the alarm to accommodate admonition and acknowledgment questions should a pet become unwell."

Notes to Editors
M&S Money (the trading name of Marks & Spencer Financial Services) was founded in 1985 as the banking casework analysis of Marks and Spencer Group plc. The aggregation is now a top ten credit card provider and the additional better biking money banker in the UK. M&S Money aswell offers a ambit of allowance cover, including home insurance and car insurance, as able-bodied as loans, accumulation and investment products.

In November 2004, Marks & Spencer awash M&S Money to HSBC, one of the world's better cyberbanking and banking casework organisations with over 9,500 offices in 85 countries and territories.

M&S Money has an controlling board absolute an according amount of assembly from HSBC and Marks & Spencer.

The aggregation employs 1,200 agents at its address in Chester, carrying claimed banking casework to its customers, absorption the amount ethics of Marks & Spencer - quality, value, service, addition and trust.

For added advice and to appeal a case abstraction amuse alarm the M&S Money columnist office:
Simon Coughlin
Media Relations Manager
Group Comms Level 41
HSBC
8 Canada Square
London
E14 5HQ.
01244 6686174
www6.marksandspencer.com

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