title: Cholecalciferol rodenticide intoxication in a cat.
abstract: A 4-month-old 2.5-kg sexually intact female domestic shorthair cat was referred to the teaching hospital because of suspected cholecalciferol intoxication after ingestion of a cholecalciferol-containing rodenticide. At referral, the cat was hypercalcemic, hyperkalemic, and acidotic. Despite management of hypercalcemia and preservation of renal function with physiologic saline solution, furosemide, dopamine, and calcitonin, the cat died, apparently as a result of extensive pulmonary mineralization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences, New York State College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca 14853.
authors.forename: E N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kirby
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sommer
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Bovee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D002415:Cats; D002762:Cholecalciferol / Q000506:poisoning*; D005260:Female; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D012378:Rodenticides / Q000506:poisoning*
chemical_list: D012378:Rodenticides; D002762:Cholecalciferol