Two groups were identified: periocular bites (PB) and ocular bites (OB).ResultsRecords from eleven dogs matched the search criteria and were included in the study (PB=9, 81.8%; OB=2, 18.2%). Both OB cases involved the cornea. Facial edema, blepharospasm, chemosis, and conjunctival hyper...
Snakebite in dogs and cats was more frequent (94/119 publications, 18 countries) and livestock followed with 28/119 publications from 14 countries. Snakebite in food-producing animals was reported in low-income countries including Nepal, Nigeria and Zimbabwe (cattle, goat, poultry, and pig) and...
This means that the clinician may have problems in deciding on which antivenom to administer; if he or she cannot decide, then a polyspecific antivenom will be given which is produced by hyperimmunising animals (usually horses but sheep, goats, and even dogs and rabbits have also been used)...
Secondary IMHA has been reported in dogs following envenoming by the tiger snake, Notechis scutatus, based on similar diagnostic parameters to those included in this study (e.g., evidence of haemolysis (ghost cells), marked spherocytosis, and raised AST, ALT and total bilirubin) [63]. Our...