VPT 421: Veterinary Toxicology (2+0)

CLINICAL SYMPTOMS AND PM LESIONS

Clinical symptoms

• Abdominal pain, diarrhoea, muscular weakness, incoordination, accelerated heart rate, dyspnoea and in severe cases progressive cyanosis which is first visible as bluish discolouration of the mucous membrane and unpigmented areas of the body, coma and death.
• Rapid noisy and difficult breathing.
• Abortion in pregnant animals.
• In acute poisoning dyspnoea with violent respiratory efforts or gasping are noticed.

PM Lesions

• Dark brown or coffee coloured blood which clots improperly, brown staining of tissues, congestion of the intra-abdominal organs, peticheal haemorrhages on the serous surface, dilatation of the blood vessels, generalised cyanosis and blood stained pericardial fluid are common postmortem changes.