ความเป็นพิษจากยาเบื่อหนู

Key Facts

• Anticoagulant rodenticides: prevent blood clotting by depleting vitamin K; signs appear 3-5 days after ingestion
• Anticoagulant treatment: vitamin K1 supplementation for 30 days; prognosis good if caught early
• Bromethalin: causes brain swelling; no antidote; signs within 2-24 hours
• Bromethalin signs: tremors, seizures, paralysis, death; treatment is supportive only
• Vitamin D-based rodenticides: cause fatal hypercalcemia and kidney failure
• Secondary poisoning: pets can be poisoned by eating rodents that ingested the poison
• Always bring the product packaging to the vet for identification
• Species: dogs and cats