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===Similar Conditions===
 
===Similar Conditions===
The vitamin K-dependent clotting factors (II, VII, IX, X) arereduced in rodenticide toxicity
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(accidentally ingested or from therapeutic overdosage), in malabsorption syndromes, and in
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sterilization of the gut by prolonged use of antibiotics. wsava
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Fungi growing on poorly prepared hay or silage containing sweet vernal grass or sweet clover may break down
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Malabsorption syndromes and sterilisation of the gastrointestinal tract by prolonged antibiotic usage will also result in the depletion of vitamin K-dependent clotting factors<sup>7</sup>. In herbivores, fungi growing on poorly prepared hay or silage containing sweet vernal grass or sweet clover may break down natural coumarins in the plants to form dicoumarol and cause poisoning. in herbivores.
natural coumarins in the plants to form dicoumarol and cause poisoning in herbivores. Coumarin rodenticides were
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originally developed from spoiled sweet clover hay when its anticoagulative effects were noticed.
      
==Signalment==
 
==Signalment==
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