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Table 1 Postmortem necropsy findings

From: Intentional Carbofuran poisoning in 7 dogs

Case

Nr

External

Musculo-scheletal

Gastrointestinal and liver

Cardiovascular

Respiratory

Urinary

Central nervous System

I

Pink colored foreign substance (abundant) staying the fur around the mouth and muzzle

No significant findings

Pink colored foreign substance (abundant) staying the GI content (mainly bread) and mucosa of the upper GI

Diffuse, acute, minimal hepatic congestion

No significant findings

Congestion and acute pulmonary edema (diffuse, acute)

Renal severe congestion, cortical- tubular necrosis (bilateral, diffuse, severe)

Meningeal cerebral congestion (diffuse, mild)

II

Pink-coloring the fur around the muzzle and on parts of the fur with a pink substance

Conjunctiva hemorrhage of the third eyelid, acute, severe bilateral hyphema

Thoracic-cervical muscular and subcutaneous hemorrhages, petechial and ecchymosis (associated with hemorrhagic lymph nodes)

Hemorrhagic joint fluid

Pink colored foreign substance admixed with chicken meat, feathers and corn within the pharynx, esophagus and stomach

Diffuse gastric and small intestinal congestion

Hemorrhagic pericardial content

Trachea: diffuse congestion (severe)

Parietal sub pleural hemorrhages,

Lung: Bilateral, multifocal-coalescing (ecchymosis) pulmonary acute hemorrhages, with diffuse congestion and edema (severe);

Renal Congestion;

Urinary bladder: sub mucosal ecchymosis

Meningeal cerebral congestion and hemorrhage, diffuse, bilateral, acute, severe

III

Unilateral bulbar conjunctiva congestion

No significant findings

Pharynx diffuse congestion and edema

Oral, esophageal and gastric contents with pink chicken carcass residue

Focal small intestinal hemorrhages (trans mural)

Hemorrhagic pericardial content

Aortic valvular diffuse edema

Larynx and trachea: diffuse congestion (severe)

Acute, severe, bilateral pulmonary congestion and edema of the bronchi and trachea

Multifocal perivascular cortico-medullary hemorrhages

Meningeal cerebral congestion

IV

Pink coloring of the fur Severe, unilateral hyphema,

Epistaxis

No significant findings

Pharyngeal, Esophageal and gastric contents of chicken carcass debris soaked in a pink substance

Externally expressed lower digestive (colon) hemorrhages

No significant findings

Pulmonary edema

Sub mucosal hemorrhages (paint brush) Congestion

Congestion

V

Pink bright substance on the fur and muzzle Severe, acute, bilateral hyphema

Epistaxis

No significant findings

Gastric pink food contenting the oral cavity on the esophageal level

Gastro intestinal and splenic diffuse congestion

Pericardial hemorrhagic content

Acute, severe, bilateral pulmonary hemorrhages, confluent suffusions, edema in the main bronchi and trachea

Sub mucosal multifocal congestion (minimal)

Acute, bilateral, diffuse meningeal cerebral hemorrhage

Diffuse brain edema

VI

Foamy salivation, epistaxis, oral cavity hemorrhages, diffuse uveal congestion and hyphema

Acute muscular hemorrhages, axillary area

Pink colored foreign substance (abundant) staying the gastric and duodenal content (bread) and mucosa

Subepicardial congestion, and sub endocardia hemorrhages (suffusions) (RV and A); aortic valvular diffuse edema

Trachea: diffuse congestion (severe)

Lung: Multifocal-coalescing (ecchymosis) pulmonary acute hemorrhages, with diffuse congestion and edema (severe); diffuse alveolar emphysema

Congestion

Meningeal congestion (diffuse, mild)

VII

Epistaxis, diffuse uveal congestion and hyphema

Acute muscular hemorrhages thoracic-abdominal and lumbar (massive)

Gastric mucosa congestion (diffuse); gastric content-plastic (possible carbofuran container) admixed with meat (presumably bite), hair, grass and blood

Subepicardial hemorrhages (ecchymosis);

Hemorrhagic pericardial content

Trachea: diffuse congestion (severe)

Lung: Multifocal (ecchymosis) pulmonary acute hemorrhages diffuse congestion and edema (severe); focal emphysema

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Meningeal congestion and edema (diffuse, severe)