Stručni rad

Metaldehyde poisoning in pet animals

Lidija Medven ; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Doroteja Huber ; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Marko Hohšteter ; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Ivan-Conrado Šoštarić-Zuckermann ; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Branka Artuković ; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Andrea Gudan Kurilj ; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Ana Beck ; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Željko Grabarević ; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska

Sažetak

Metaldehyde is an organic compound, a polymer ie cyclic tetramer of acetaldehyde. It is the active ingredient in molluscicide or in products that are used against slugs and snails. Most vulnerable to poisoning are poultry and other birds, because they prefere to eat dead snails. Endangered to poisoning are also dogs and cats. This paper presents the cases of poisoning in four dogs and one cat that are reasonably suspected of poisoning with metaldehyde. It contains the clinical features, pathoanatomical and histopathological fi ndings. Pathological lesions are non-specifi c, and they can affect the liver, kidneys, lungs, heart, brain, stomach andintestines. Specifi c fi ndings are turquoise-coloured in the gastric contents. Due to no patognomonic fi ndings, pathomorfological and histopathological examination can only rise suspicion to poisoning with metaldehyde. Diagnosis is made by toxicological examination of gastric contents.

Ključne riječi

molluscicide; metaldehyde; poisoning; dog; cat

Hrčak ID:

231791

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/231791

Datum izdavanja:

11.3.2013.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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