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ArticleJournal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc2018

Fatal bromethalin intoxication in 3 cats and 2 dogs with minimal or no histologic central nervous system spongiform change.

Megan C Romano, Alan T Loynachan, Dave C Bolin, Uneeda K Bryant, Laura Kennedy, Mike S Filigenzi, Birgit Puschner, Robert H Poppenga, Cynthia L Gaskill

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Article in Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Megan C RomanoDepartment of Veterinary Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (Romano, Loynachan, Bolin, Bryant, Kennedy, Gaskill).
Alan T LoynachanDepartment of Veterinary Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (Romano, Loynachan, Bolin, Bryant, Kennedy, Gaskill).
Dave C BolinDepartment of Veterinary Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (Romano, Loynachan, Bolin, Bryant, Kennedy, Gaskill).
Uneeda K BryantDepartment of Veterinary Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (Romano, Loynachan, Bolin, Bryant, Kennedy, Gaskill).
Laura KennedyDepartment of Veterinary Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (Romano, Loynachan, Bolin, Bryant, Kennedy, Gaskill).
Mike S FiligenziDepartment of Veterinary Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (Romano, Loynachan, Bolin, Bryant, Kennedy, Gaskill).
Birgit PuschnerDepartment of Veterinary Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (Romano, Loynachan, Bolin, Bryant, Kennedy, Gaskill).
Robert H PoppengaDepartment of Veterinary Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (Romano, Loynachan, Bolin, Bryant, Kennedy, Gaskill).
Cynthia L GaskillDepartment of Veterinary Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (Romano, Loynachan, Bolin, Bryant, Kennedy, Gaskill).
University of Kentucky · USUniversity of California, Davis · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Use of the neurotoxic rodenticide bromethalin has steadily increased since 2011, resulting in an increased incidence of bromethalin intoxications in pets. Presumptive diagnosis of bromethalin toxicosis relies on history of possible rodenticide exposure coupled with compatible neurologic signs or sudden death, and postmortem examination findings that eliminate other causes of death. Diagnosis is confirmed by detecting the metabolite desmethylbromethalin (DMB) in tissues. In experimental models, spongiform change in white matter of the central nervous system (CNS) is the hallmark histologic feature of bromethalin poisoning. We describe fatal bromethalin intoxication in 3 cats and 2 dogs with equivocal or no CNS white matter spongiform change, illustrating that the lesions described in models can be absent in clinical cases of bromethalin intoxication. Cases with history and clinical signs compatible with bromethalin intoxication warrant tissue analysis for DMB even when CNS lesions are not evident.

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Aniline CompoundsAnimalsBrainCat DiseasesCatsDog DiseasesDogsNervous System DiseasesRodenticidesAniline CompoundsbromethalinRodenticidesBromethalincatsdogsintoxicationneurotoxicrodenticidespongiform change

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PMID29717638
PMCPMC6505907
OpenAlexW2801718420

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