Intoxication and death by frog venom in a dog from Valença-RJ: Case report

Authors

  • Lilian Cristina de Sousa Cirne Centro de Ensino Superior de Valença/ Fundação Educacional Dom André Arcoverde
  • Thalita de Freitas Durval no Centro de Ensino Superior de Valença/ Fundação Educacional Dom André Arcoverde
  • Lilian Cristina de Sousa Oliveira Batista Cirne no Centro de Ensino Superior de Valença/ Fundação Educacional Dom André Arcoverde

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31533/pubvet.v12n10a192.1-4

Keywords:

amphibian, poisoning, toxin

Abstract

Each year, they are treated in several cases of exogenous intoxication in domestic animals in Brazilian veterinary clinics and hospitals. The attacks are capable of causing poisoning in dogs due to poison of high toxicity and are produced in the paratoid glands. This poisoning can cause dogs to die. The aim of this work was to relate a case of intoxication and death of a dog caused by frog venom of Rhinella spp. in the city of Valença-RJ. The animal was attended in veterinary clinic, after ingesting the venom, and although the therapy showed cardiac arrest and death.

Published

2018-10-29

Issue

Section

Medicina veterinária

How to Cite

Intoxication and death by frog venom in a dog from Valença-RJ: Case report. (2018). Pubvet, 12(10). https://doi.org/10.31533/pubvet.v12n10a192.1-4

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