$14.95 inc GST
Rodent baits attract pets as well as rodents, and the right treatment depends on knowing which poison was eaten. Nicola Wilkinson explains how the different rodenticides affect the body and how to apply first aid and treatment.
Includes the full recording (48 minutes), the presentation slides as a PDF, and a quiz. Pass the quiz to receive a certificate worth 1 AVNAT point.
Anticoagulant, cholecalciferol, bromethalin, zinc phosphide or 1080: each rodenticide needs a different response. This webinar helps you know which is which.
You’ll start with anticoagulant rodenticides, how they prevent the hepatic recycling of vitamin K1 and cause a deficiency of clotting factors II, VII, IX and X, how first generation products such as warfarin compare with second generation products such as brodifacoum, and the haemorrhagic signs they cause. You’ll also cover the non-anticoagulant rodenticides, vitamin D based cholecalciferol, the neurotoxin bromethalin and zinc phosphide, and their clinical signs.
The diagnostics section covers coagulation tests, with a prolonged prothrombin time (PT) as the key indicator of anticoagulant toxicity. You’ll then move through first aid advice, including the risk of phosphine gas to people, preparedness, treatment with vitamin K, blood products and decontamination, and nursing care. The webinar finishes with 1080 (sodium fluoroacetate): how it interrupts the Krebs cycle, its clinical signs, the bite risk these patients pose, first aid and further treatment.
Presented by Nicola Wilkinson, PGCertVetAnA, BSc (CVN), DipAVN (Small Animal), DipHECVN, RVN, TAA, TAE.
What’s included
- Full recording (48 minutes)
- Presentation slides as a PDF
- Quiz, with a certificate worth 1 AVNAT point when you pass
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