Published in Scientific Works. Series C. Veterinary Medicine, Vol. LXX, Issue 1
Written by Dalma PIVARIU, Adrian OROS, Daniela NEAGU, Petrica NEDELEA, Andras Laszlo NAGY, Octavia Maria TAMAS-KRUMPE
This paper aims to highlight the impairment of the renal and hepatic function in anticoagulant rodenticide poisonings. The study involves 40 cases taken from the archive of the Veterinary Emergency Hospital within the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Cluj-Napoca between 2017 - 2022, 7 cats and 33 dogs. This article collects important laboratory values, we elaborated a database to be able to diagnose, treat and evaluate the renal and hepatic status of these animals. For the hematology part a VetScan HM5 device was used, thrombocytopenia was found, the erythrocytes, haemoglobin and haematocrit had lower values. For the biochemistry part we used a PrimeVet device, we detected important changes in the level of glucose, lactate, total bilirubin, smaller changes in creatinine and urea. For the coagulation tests a Quickvet specialty analyser was used, the prothrombin time in 50% of the cases presented low values, 14% presented normal values, and in 36% had high values. In each case the partial thromboplastin activation time presented high values. We detected kidney insufficiency in 2 cats and 3 dogs, and liver problems in 2 cats and 8 dogs.
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