ABSTRACT: A one-year-old neutered female Labrador Retriever presented with twitches and subsequent generalised tonic-clonic seizure activity following ingestion of mouldy dog food. Further complicating factors were hyperthermia and metabolic acidosis. Initial emergency treatment involved seizure management, blood analysis, intravenous fluid therapy, active cooling and decontamination via gastric lavage, administration of activated charcoal and an intralipid infusion. The patient was maintained under general anaesthesia to manage the seizure activity. Post-anaesthetic management included treatment of aspiration pneumonia, physiotherapy, intravenous fluid therapy and management of an indwelling urinary catheter. The patient was discharged 48 h post-admission without further complication.

Author

Emily Chapman BSc(Hons) RVN

Emily Chapman graduated from the University of Bristol in July 2017 with a BSc (Hons) degree in Veterinary Nursing and Bioveterinary science. She now works as an RVN in a busy first opinion and referral hospital in Bath and has a keen interest in anaesthesia, emergency and critical care and feline medicine.

Email: ejchapman95@outlook.com

Keywords: Mycotoxins; seizures; hyperthermia; aspiration pneumonia; emergency;
critical care

To cite this article: Veterinary Nursing Journal • VOL 33 (06) • June 2018 pp166-169

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