Successful Therapautic Management of Ivermectin Toxicity in American Pitbull Terrier

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  • Nabarka Chanda College of Veterinary and Animal Science, Udgir, Dt Latur, Maharashtra, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17140/VMOJ-5-144

Keywords:

Granulocytosis, mild leukocytosis

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.

References

Rasool GE. Blood and Radiostats Veterinary Medicine. 10th ed. 2016. Case Illustration | Volume 5 | Issue 1 |

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Published

2020-10-31

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Nabarka Chanda. (2020). Successful Therapautic Management of Ivermectin Toxicity in American Pitbull Terrier. Veterinary  Medicine, 5(1), 24–25. https://doi.org/10.17140/VMOJ-5-144

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Volume 5 Issue 1 2020

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