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OJVRTM
Online Journal of Veterinary Research©
Volume 19(11):
709-712, 2015.
Case
study:Methamphetamine
intoxication in two dogs
Aidin Shojaee Tabrizi DVM DVSc, Mohammad Abbaszadeh Hasiri DVM DVSc
Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary medicine,
Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
ABSTRACT
Tabrizi AS, Hasiri MA.,
Methamphetamine intoxication in dogs, Onl J Vet Res.,
19(11): 709-712,
2015. Crystal methamphetamine
is cheap and widely available in Iran and is increasingly seen in dogs in
veterinary practice. We describe clinical and pathological findings in 2
nine-month-old Spitz dogs with amphetamine intoxication. Both dogs were hyperthermic with tachycardia and bilateral dilated pupils,
and one with abdominal skin lesions. Both had mild leukocytosis, lymphocytosis
and thrombocytopenia with mild elevation in alkaline phosphatase and alanine aminotranferase. Sodium chloride solution and ice packs were given but one dog
died at the beginning of treatment. The live dog was kept cool, given cefazoline and acepromazine and
released after 3 days. The condition should be considered as a differential
diagnosis for similar clinical signs in dogs suspected to be kept by incompetent
owners and/or with a history of exposure.
Keywords:
Methamphetamine intoxication, dog, urine immunochromatography
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