Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog died from kidney bleeding linked to brodifacoum poisoning
By Radi, Zaher A & Thompson, Larry J·Published in Veterinary and human toxicology·2004·The University of Georgia, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Renal subcapsular hematoma associated with brodifacoum toxicosis in a dog.
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Plain-English summary
A 5-year-old female dog suddenly died and was examined after passing away. The vet found bleeding in her chest and abdomen, along with a large blood collection around her kidney. Tests revealed that she had ingested brodifacoum, a type of rat poison, which likely caused the bleeding. Unfortunately, the dog did not survive, highlighting the dangers of this toxin.
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Abstract
A 5-y-old female dog died acutely and was presented for postmortem examination. Hemorrhage in the thoracic and peritoneal cavities and a large subcapsular renal hematoma were present at necropsy. Brodifacoum, a second-generation coumarin anticoagulant, was detected in the liver by HPLC analysis. Renal subcapsular hematoma is a well known, but uncommon condition in man. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of a brodifacoum-associated renal subcapsular hematoma in a non-human species.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15080210/