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Anticoagulant Rodenticide Toxicity (view source)
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rodenticides if they have barn owls on their property. The barn owls are probably just as effective as the rodenticide
rodenticides if they have barn owls on their property. The barn owls are probably just as effective as the rodenticide
anyway!
anyway!
Another group of agents frequently involved in poisoning
events are the anticoagulant rodenticides. They are
frequently scavenged by dogs and, although few animals
display clinical signs, there are nevertheless the
occasional cases where prolonged vitamin K, therapy
and sometimes even blood transfusions are required.
Poisonings have also occurred as a result of ingestion of
rodents killed with these baits. The 'second generation'
rodenticides such as difenacoum, bromadiolone, coumatetralyl
and chlorophacinone appear to be more commonly
implicated, although they now have a larger share
of the market than the older warfarin-based and
alphachloralose-type rodenticides. Their effects are frequently
delayed, and this often results in the late presentation
of affected animals to veterinary practices once
clinical signs have appeared. The management of such
cases is detailed in an earlier article (Mayer 1990), as is
that for alphachloralose poisoning (Foster 1995).
==Signalment==
==Signalment==