An Unusual Case of Relay Pentobarbital Toxicosis in a Dog
Sodium pentobarbital and phenytoin are common constituents of veterinary euthanasia solutions in the United States. Relay, or secondary, barbiturate toxicosis has been reported in carnivorous animals that have fed from the carcasses of euthanized livestock. This case report presents barbiturate toxi...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:3550208 2023-05-15T16:36:05+02:00 An Unusual Case of Relay Pentobarbital Toxicosis in a Dog Bischoff, Karyn Jaeger, Robin Ebel, Joseph G. 2011-06-10 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3550208 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21660622 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13181-011-0160-8 en eng Springer-Verlag http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3550208 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21660622 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13181-011-0160-8 © American College of Medical Toxicology 2011 Veterinary Toxicology Text 2011 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1007/s13181-011-0160-8 2013-09-04T18:40:34Z Sodium pentobarbital and phenytoin are common constituents of veterinary euthanasia solutions in the United States. Relay, or secondary, barbiturate toxicosis has been reported in carnivorous animals that have fed from the carcasses of euthanized livestock. This case report presents barbiturate toxicosis in a dog. A 2-year-old female spayed Australian shepherd presented comatose 2 h after ingesting an unknown substance on the beach. The material was retrieved from the stomach by gastric lavage and visually identified as fish or other animal tissue. The dog recovered with symptomatic and supportive therapy and was released on the third day of hospitalization. Tissue found on the beach near where the dog walked and a urine sample from the dog were analyzed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Both samples were positive for pentobarbital and phenytoin. The tissue was consistent with mammalian blubber based on gross and histological examination. Three weeks previously, a juvenile humpback whale had stranded on the beach where the dog had ingested the unknown substance. The whale had been euthanized with a barbiturate solution, necropsied, and removed from the beach. It was not definitively determined that the pentobarbital-containing blubber ingested by the dog was from the euthanized whale, but that was the most likely source. Although attempts were made to remove the whale’s remains from the beach, practical considerations made complete removal challenging, if not impossible. Text Humpback Whale PubMed Central (PMC) Journal of Medical Toxicology 7 3 236 239 |
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Sodium pentobarbital and phenytoin are common constituents of veterinary euthanasia solutions in the United States. Relay, or secondary, barbiturate toxicosis has been reported in carnivorous animals that have fed from the carcasses of euthanized livestock. This case report presents barbiturate toxicosis in a dog. A 2-year-old female spayed Australian shepherd presented comatose 2 h after ingesting an unknown substance on the beach. The material was retrieved from the stomach by gastric lavage and visually identified as fish or other animal tissue. The dog recovered with symptomatic and supportive therapy and was released on the third day of hospitalization. Tissue found on the beach near where the dog walked and a urine sample from the dog were analyzed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Both samples were positive for pentobarbital and phenytoin. The tissue was consistent with mammalian blubber based on gross and histological examination. Three weeks previously, a juvenile humpback whale had stranded on the beach where the dog had ingested the unknown substance. The whale had been euthanized with a barbiturate solution, necropsied, and removed from the beach. It was not definitively determined that the pentobarbital-containing blubber ingested by the dog was from the euthanized whale, but that was the most likely source. Although attempts were made to remove the whale’s remains from the beach, practical considerations made complete removal challenging, if not impossible. |
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An Unusual Case of Relay Pentobarbital Toxicosis in a Dog |
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An Unusual Case of Relay Pentobarbital Toxicosis in a Dog |
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