Mathieu Victor Paulin, Samantha Bray, Tanarut Laudhittirut, Jeneva Paulin, Barry Blakley, Elisabeth Snead
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the signalment and clinical, laboratory, treatment, and outcome features of dogs diagnosed with anticoagulant rodenticide (AR) intoxication in Saskatchewan. ANIMALS: We studied 349 dogs. PROCEDURE: Medical records from the Veterinary Medical Centre (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) between 1999 and 2022 were reviewed. Cases were included if they met at least 1 of the following criteria: owner witnessed the dog ingesting an AR; AR was seen in the vomitus when emesis was induced; the dog had clinical signs of coagulopathy, with elevation of PT ± aPTT that normalized after vitamin K1 therapy, in the presence of appropriate clinical and paraclinical data and the absence of other causes of hypocoagulable state determined by the primary clinician...
May 2024: Canadian Veterinary Journal. la Revue Vétérinaire Canadienne