| Animal |
Specie |
Sex/Age |
Clinical signs |
Anatomopathological results |
Microscopic examination |
Toxicological analyses |
| 1 |
Feline/Mixed-breed |
Male/11 months |
This cat was found dead without any clinical signs or prior disease |
Macroscopically, the animal had cyanotic external mucous membranes, epistaxis, hyperemic and edematous lungs and multifocal hemorrhages. The liver, spleen and kidneys were moderately hyperemic. The esophageal and stomach content revealed numerous rounded, blackened and firm millimetric structures with an appearance suggestive of aldicarb pesticide. The anatomopathological conclusion was acute respiratory insufficiency with a generalized circulatory disorder. |
Lungs, liver, spleen and kidneys were hyperemic. |
Aldicarb Aldicarb sulfone Asulam Carbendazim |
| 2 |
Feline/Mixed-breed |
Male/6 months |
This cat was taken to emergency veterinary care due to the sudden appearance of respiratory and neurological symptoms |
The main findings were pulmonary hyperemia, edema and multifocal hemorrhages. Hyperemia of the spleen, liver, kidneys, and leptomeninges was observed. The anatomopathological conclusion was generalized circulatory disorder. |
Edema and multifocal hemorrhages in lungs. Spleen, liver, kidneys, and leptomeninges were hyperemic. |
Aldicarb Carbendazim Trifloxysulfuron |
| 3 |
Feline/Mixed-breed |
Female/1 year |
This cat presented with prostration, sialorrhea, vomiting and tremors, and was taken into emergency veterinary care |
Macroscopically, the animal displayed cyanotic external mucous membranes, epistaxis, hyperemic and edematous lungs and multifocal hemorrhages. The liver, spleen and kidneys were intensely hyperemic. The anatomopathological conclusion was acute respiratory insufficiency with a generalized circulatory disorder. |
The main findings were pulmonary hyperemia, edema with multifocal hemorrhage, and intense hyperemia of the liver, kidneys and leptomeninges. |
Dichlorvos |
| 4 |
Canine/Mixed-breed |
Male/Unknown |
Unknown medical history |
The animal had hyperemic external mucous membranes, and the lungs showed moderate hyperemia and edema. The liver, spleen, kidneys, and leptomeninges were intensely hyperemic. The anatomopathological conclusion of necropsy was generalized circulatory disorder. |
The lungs showed moderate hyperemia and edema. The liver, spleen, kidneys, and leptomeninges were intensely hyperemic. |
Aldicarb Chlorpyrifos Thifensulfuron- methyl |
| 5 |
Canine/Border collie |
Female/1 year |
The animal was found dead with no clinical signs |
Hyperemia of the external mucous membranes, lymph nodes, musculature, liver, kidneys and leptomeninges. The lungs showed moderate hyperemia and edema, in addition to multifocal hemorrhages. In the heart, there was an area of hemorrhage in the epicardium. The anatomopathological conclusion of necropsy was generalized circulatory disorder. |
Pulmonary hyperemia, edema with multifocal hemorrhage, and intense hyperemia in the liver, kidneys, and heart. |
Aldicarb |
| 6 |
Canine/Golden Retriever |
Male/5 years |
The animal presented with prostration, vomiting and diarrhea and was taken to an emergency veterinary care |
Cyanotic external mucous membranes, epistaxis and hyperemic and edematous lungs. The liver, kidneys, and muscles were intensely hyperemic and the heart showed hemorrhages in the endocardium and epicardium. The anatomopathological conclusion was neutrophilic and fibrinous myocarditis with generalized hyperemia. |
Neutrophilic and fibrinous myocarditis in the heart with focally extensive hemorrhage, hyperemia in the stomach and kidneys, pulmonary hyperemia, and edema were observed. |
Not detected |
