Alpha-chloralose poisoning in cats: clinical findings in 25 confirmed and 78 suspected cases.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to describe the clinical picture in cats with alpha-chloralose (AC) intoxication and to confirm AC in serum from suspected cases of AC poisoning.

Methods

Suspected cases of AC poisoning were identified in patient records from a small animal university hospital from January 2014 to February 2020. Clinical signs of intoxication described in respective records were compiled, the cats were graded into four intoxication severity scores and hospitalisation time and mortality were recorded. Surplus serum from select cases in late 2019 and early 2020 was analysed to detect AC with a quantitative ultra-high performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry analysis, and the AC concentration was compared with the respective cat's intoxicat

SUBMITTER: Tegner C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9510939 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature