title: Secondary pentobarbital poisoning in two dogs: a cautionary tale.
abstract: Two dogs, a 13-year-old spayed female and a 7-year-old neutered male, were diagnosed with pentobarbital poisoning. Follow-up investigation determined that the source of pentobarbital was the carcass of a horse that had been euthanized more than 2 years previously and that was also apparently responsible for the death of a least 1, and possibly 2, other dogs. The fact that the horse carcass remained lethally toxic more than 2 years after it was euthanized reemphasizes the necessity of proper disposal of euthanized animals.
authors.affiliation: University of Wyoming, 1174 Snowy Range Road, Laramie, WY 82070, USA.
authors.forename: Amanda M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.forename: Warner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: McFarland
authors.forename: Roger S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Siemion
authors.forename: Merl F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Raisbeck
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002102:Cadaver; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D004285:Dogs; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D037901:Euthanasia, Animal; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006736:Horses; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000506:poisoning*; D008297:Male; D010424:Pentobarbital / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning*
chemical_list: D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D010424:Pentobarbital