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 Toxicants typically target specific organs or systems (e.g. the cardiovascular, the nervous or the urogenital systems). However, multiple organs can be affected.

 If a toxicant targets a specific organ this can help narrow down the differential list.

 However, many toxicants target the same organ or system, likely causing similar clinical signs. Therefore, one should not rely on clinical signs alone to make a diagnosis.

 Templates can be useful guides for collecting diagnostic information (see Table 2.1), but no template can possibly account for all scenarios. Thus, a thorough, thoughtful and organized investigation is needed without over‐reliance on a template.