Compost has become an almost deadly trap for dogs. “He licked the compost particles and in about thirty minutes he had convulsions reminiscent of epilepsy, a high fever of almost 43 degrees and he did not notice what was happening around him,” David Chobola described horror moments for Blesk.
This was followed by a quick transfer to the veterinary emergency room, cooling and the administration of anti-convulsant infusions and then black coal. At the vet, it turned out to be poisoning by poisonous mycotoxins. “The vet asked if the bitch was in the garden near the compost, as the convulsions and fever are consistent with mycotoxin poisoning. They saved her for me with all their might,” admits Mr Chobola.
Blesk asked RNDr about poisoning from compost. Jaroslav Klán from the Institute of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology of the 1st Faculty of Medicine, UK and VFN. “Yes, it can actually happen. There are fungi in the compost that cause decomposition processes, and at a certain stage they can secrete dangerous mycotoxins. They can then be behind the poisoning of the animal,” he explained. These substances cause pathological changes in the liver, kidneys and also in the central nervous system. “Be very careful of your dogs, it’s been a horror three days of fear,” concludes the owner of the bitch Vera.
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The treatment with black coal worked, but the fur of the poisoned fence became discolored.
Author: David Chobola