Canine - Feline Toxicity Flashcards
1
Q
- Theobromine and caffeine
- Methylxanthines cause CNS excitation,
- tachycardia, and
- vasoconstriction
- Vomiting, diarrhea, hyperactivity, PU/PD, lethargy, tachycardia, cardiac arrhythmias, seizures, death
- Pupil dilation (mydriasis)
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Chocolate
Methylxanthines
2
Q
- Severe nephrotoxicant.
- All part of the plants are toxic
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Lily
Stargazer lily (Lilium family)
3
Q
- Hemolysis
- Heinz body anemia and hemolysis
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Zinc
*Pennies after 1983 *
4
Q
- Rapid release of insulin in dogs
- Hypoglycemia can develop in 30minutes and can last for more than 12 hours
- Higher doses: acute hepatic necrosis and failure
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Xylitol
Sugar-free gum
5
Q
- Development of tissue mineralization
- Becoming converted to calcitriol and increases calcium and phosphorus levels leading to the mineralization
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Cholecalciferol
Rodenticide
Vitamin D3
6
Q
- Toxin binds to calcium channels, increasing membrane permeability and enhancing depolarization.
- Ascending motor paralysis and destruction of peripheral nerves
- Clinical sings immediately with pain (release of acetylcholine that stimulates contraction of major muscle groups).
- Ascending motor paralysis, muscle spasms, muscle rigidity and salivation
- Death due respiratory or cardiovascular failure
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Black widow spider bite
Latrodectus mactans & L. Hesperus
7
Q
- Alter activity of sodium ion channels of nerves which prolongs the period of sodium conductance, resulting in repetitive nerve firing
- Hypersalivation, er twitching,self-limiting
- Control of marked tremors or seizures: methocarbamol
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Pyrethrins
Spot-on formulation for dogs applied to cats
8
Q
- Seizure, vomiting.
- Peripheral blood cytology: nucleated red blood cells, basopilic stippling and neutrophilic leukocytosis
- Clinical signs primarily gastrointestinal and neurological.
- Toxic blood levels greater than 0.4 ppm.
- No anemia
- Treatment Ca-EDTA, succimer, D-penacillamine (to chelate lead,copper, iron and mercury)
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Lead
Paint chips
Lead paint, batteries, lead fishing weighs
