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Fatal bothropic snakebite in a horse: a case report
Provedor de dados: 80
Autores: Silva,NS; Silveira,JAS; Albernaz,TT; Campos,KF; Oliveira,CMC; Freitas,NFQR; Bomjardim,HA; Barbosa,JD.
The present study reports a snakebite in a horse in the state of Pará, Brazil. At initial evaluation the animal was reluctant to walk and had tachycardia, tachypnea, severe lameness, bleeding on the pastern and swelling around the left hind leg. Blood samples from the bleeding sites, took on the first day, showed leukocytosis and neutrophilia, whereas biochemical values of urea and creatinine were significantly increased. The chosen treatment was snake antivenom, fluid therapy, antibiotics, anti-inflammatory agents and diuretic drugs. On the fourth day of therapy, the hematological values were within normal parameters. There was improvement related to the clinical lameness and swelling of the limb. However, a decrease in water intake and oliguria were...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Snakebites; Horses; Bothrops.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992011000400018