A retrospective study of scorpionism in 11 domestic dogs and a cat in the urban area of Manizales, Colombia
| Autor: | Ricardo Andrés Correa Salgado, Juan S. Echeverry P |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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0106 biological sciences
Local pain Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Lameness Animal Antivenom Pain Colombia Cat Diseases Toxicology 01 natural sciences Scorpions 03 medical and health sciences Dogs Animals Medicine Dog Diseases Envenomation Retrospective Studies 0303 health sciences Scorpion Stings business.industry 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology 030302 biochemistry & molecular biology Retrospective cohort study Lameness Cats Complication business |
| Zdroj: | Toxicon. 170:94-98 |
| ISSN: | 0041-0101 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.toxicon.2019.09.023 |
| Popis: | The present study analyzes cases of scorpionism in 11 dogs and a cat that were registered at a veterinary clinic in the city of Manizales, between 2009 and 2018. All eight cases where expert identification of the arthropod was possible, involved Centruroides gracilis (Latreille, 1804). None of the stings were lethal, though two cases were classified as severe envenomation and five moderate. The primary sign was local pain, in addition to lameness in all 10 cases that involved one of the limbs (83,3%, 10 of 12 cases). The other two cases had injuries involving the face. The established treatment was symptomatic with clinical and patient monitoring. Antivenom could not be used due to its high cost and scarcity. However, even the severest cases improved satisfactorily, and all patients were discharged without complication. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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