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Acute intrinsic renal failure and blood coagulation disorders after a snakebite in a dog
Author(s) -
Puig J.,
Vilafranca M.,
Font A.,
Closa J.,
Pumarola M.,
Mascort J.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1995.tb02942.x
Subject(s) - medicine , oliguria , hypersalivation , partial thromboplastin time , prothrombin time , thrombin time , disseminated intravascular coagulation , vomiting , urinalysis , coagulation , pathology , thromboplastin , abdominal pain , gastroenterology , anesthesia , renal function , urine
Acute intrinsic renal failure was diagnosed in a two‐year‐old, male, German shepherd dog following a Vipera aspis bite. Clinical signs included depression, hypersalivation, vomiting, tachypnoea, abdominal pain, splenomegaly, oliguria with haematuria and haemolysed serum. Leucocytosis with a shift to the left, thrombocytopenia, prolonged coagulation times (activated partial thromboplastin time, prothrombin time and thrombin time), hypofibrinogenaemia, azotaemia and hyposthenuria were the most prominent laboratory abnormalities. Histopathological evaluation of the kidneys showed a discrete glomerular hypercellularity, mesangial lysis and renal tubules filled with many hyaline casts and some necrotic cells.