Veterinary Medicine · Vol. 5, No. 1 · 2020 · pp. 24–25 · e-ISSN 2475-1286

Successful Therapautic Management of Ivermectin Toxicity in American Pitbull Terrier

Nabarka Chanda

College of Veterinary and Animal Science, Udgir, Dt Latur, Maharashtra, IndiaIndia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17140/vmoj-5-144 · Published 2020-10-31 · Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 · © 2020 The Author(s)

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Abstract

A 2-year-old American Pitbull Terrier bitch weighing 25 kg was presented to Teaching Veterinary Clinical complex at College of Veterinary and Animal Science, Udgir District, Latur, Maharashtra, India on 24/02/2020 with a history of convulsions, restlessness, severe howling, muscle tremors along with inappetance for 1-day and muscle weakness. On obtaining the history from owner it was found out that the owner had accidentally fed the bitch Hitex (Ivermectin) bolus of 80 mg.

Keywords: Granulocytosis; mild leukocytosis

Conclusion

Treatment with Antidote of Ivermectin along with supportive therapy resulted in the uneventful recovery of the bitch with resolution of signs of convulsions, howling, and muscle tremors along with normalization of urination, defecation and normal food and water intake. Thus a bitch suffering from Ivermectin toxicity was successfully treated with Neostigmine.

Declaration

The approval of ethical committee was taken for conducting this study and followed all the animal ethics and welfare guidelines.

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