![]() If it is unsure when the animal may have eaten the toxin, we will do a blood test then. Where an owner is unsure if the dog has eaten rat bait and we see the dog straight away, we will induce vomiting to reduce the absorption of the toxin and do a blood test 3 days later. Other animals come in looking perfectly healthy, but the owner has observed a knocked over box of rat bait, or suspects one of several animals has consumed the poison but is unsure as to which one.ĭiagnosis of rat bait is made via the clinical signs and a blood test to determine how fast the blood is clotting. Occasionally animals present lame in one or more legs, where they have bled into joint spaces. Less severely affected animals may come in weak and pale, sometimes with blood in their vomit or faeces, or bleeding from their nose or urinary tract. Bleeding may occur into the body cavities (abdomen and chest). ![]() Occasionally a dog will present to the clinic in acute shock due to severe bleeding from the anti-clotting effect of the poison. ![]() Unfortunately they have the same affect in pets and in children.Ĭlinical signs of rat bait poisoning in dogs will vary. Most rat baits are warfarin based or similar: they act by stopping the blood clotting cascade. Rat bait is commonly used by farmers, householders and owners of industrial properties to kill rats. Rat bait poisoning (or toxicity) is common in New Zealand dogs.
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