New incident report
Incident Report Number: 2011-3935
Registrant Reference Number: PROSAR Case #1-26938965
Registrant Name (Full Legal Name no abbreviations): The Hartz Mountain Corporation
Address: 400 Plaza Drive
City: Secaucus
Prov / State: New Jersey
Country: USA
Postal Code: 07094-3688
Domestic Animal
Country: UNITED STATES
Prov / State: NEW HAMPSHIRE
PMRA Registration No. PMRA Submission No. EPA Registration No. 2596-140
Product Name: UltraGuard Plus Flea Tick Spray for Cats
Liquid
Yes
Unknown
Site: Animal / Usage sur un animal domestique
Unknown
Animal's Owner
Cat / Chat
domestic shorthair
1
0.25
Unknown
Skin
Unknown / Inconnu
>30 min <=2 hrs / >30 min <=2 h
System
Persisted until death
No
No
Died
Treatment / Traitement
(eg. description of the frequency and severity of the symptoms
1-26938965- The reporter, a pet owner, indicated her animal was exposed to an insecticide containing the active ingredients tetrachlorvinphos and methoprene. The reporter indicated she applied the product to her thirteen year female domestic shorthair cat three days prior to the initial contact wit the registrant. The reporter indicated within two hours of application the animal stopped eating and drinking and behaved as though drunk. The reporter indicated she then washed the animal with a non insecticidal shampoo. The following day the animal was reporter to have improved, but then the subsequent day the animal was again worse. The pet owner did not qualify what she meant by better then worse. The pet owner stated that day the animal was found dead on the kitchen floor. The animal was not brought to the veterinarian at any point. The pet owner did bring the animals remains to the veterinarian and submitted to the University of Illinois Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory for necropsy. Definitive cause of death but the results included: ¿¿¿poor nutritional condition evidenced by lack of subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue stores, and a general lack of musculature. Body wide, the fur contains numerous live and dead fleas. The mucous membranes are pale pink. The peritoneal cavity contains five, tan to white, round worms that are approximately 8 cm long and 3 nun wide, and have taper ends. The lumen of the jejunum contains one similar worm.¿¿? The morphological diagnosis included: ¿¿¿Body wide; severe emaciation, intestine; moderate catarrhal enteritis with intralesional nematodes, soft palate; mild locally extensive stomatitis (presumptive).¿¿? The microscopic diagnosis included; peritoneum; marked subacute multifocal neutrophilic histiocytic, lymphoplasmacitic, fibrinous and necrotizing pertitonitis with intralesional bacteria and foreign material. Bone marrow; mild myeloid hyperplasia and left shift.¿¿? Virology verified the presence of feline panleukopenia and fecal floatation verified the presence of ascrid roundworms. No further information is available.
Death