no edit summary
Line 9: Line 9:  
===Laboratory Tests===
 
===Laboratory Tests===
 
===Pathology===
 
===Pathology===
The spot-on canine preparations are often quite concentrated.<ref name="multiples"> '''BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Emergency and Critical Care''', Chapter 19, Second Edition, 2007 </ref>.  Cats lack the enzyme glucuronidase transferase <ref> Whittem 1995 Pyrethrin and pyrethroid insecticide intoxication in cats.''Compendium of Continuing Education for the Veterinary Practitioner'' '''17''' 489-492, referenced in ''Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery''(2007)'''9''',335-339 accessed on http://www.fabcats.org/esfm/permethrin.pdf 07.11.2010 </ref> and is therefore unable to utilise the metabolic pathway that dogs and other animals use to break down permethrin into glucuronides and sulphates <re> Ray DE (1991)pesticides derived from plants and other organisms. In: Hayes WJ, Laws ER (eds), ''Handbook of Pesticide Toxicity, Classes of Pesticides''referenced in ''Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery''(2007)'''9''',335-339 accessed on http://www.fabcats.org/esfm/permethrin.pdf 07.11.2010 </ref>
+
The spot-on canine preparations are often quite concentrated.<ref name="multiples"> '''BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Emergency and Critical Care''', Chapter 19, Second Edition, 2007 </ref>.  Cats lack the enzyme glucuronidase transferase <ref> Whittem 1995 Pyrethrin and pyrethroid insecticide intoxication in cats.''Compendium of Continuing Education for the Veterinary Practitioner'' '''17''' 489-492, referenced in ''Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery''(2007)'''9''',335-339 accessed on http://www.fabcats.org/esfm/permethrin.pdf 07.11.2010 </ref> and is therefore unable to utilise the metabolic pathway that dogs and other animals use to break down permethrin into glucuronides and sulphates <ref> Ray DE (1991)pesticides derived from plants and other organisms. In: Hayes WJ, Laws ER (eds), ''Handbook of Pesticide Toxicity, Classes of Pesticides''referenced in ''Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery''(2007)'''9''',335-339 accessed on http://www.fabcats.org/esfm/permethrin.pdf 07.11.2010 </ref>
 
==Treatment==
 
==Treatment==
 
==Prognosis==
 
==Prognosis==
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
<references/>
 
<references/>
215

edits