New incident report
Incident Report Number: 2008-0834
Registrant Reference Number: 264686
Registrant Name (Full Legal Name no abbreviations): S.C. Johnson and Son, Limited
Address: 1 Webster Street
City: Brantford
Prov / State: ON
Country: Canada
Postal Code: N3T 5R1
Domestic Animal
Country: UNITED STATES
Prov / State: MICHIGAN
PMRA Registration No. PMRA Submission No. EPA Registration No.
Product Name: Raid Ant Baits III USA
Bait
Yes
Unknown
Site: Res. - In Home / Rés. - à l'int. maison
Animal's Owner
Dog / Chien
Rottweiler
1
Female
9
100
lbs
Oral
<=15 min / <=15 min
>1 mo <=2 mos / > 1 mois < = 2 mois
System
Persisted until death
No
No
Died
Accidental ingestion/Ingestion accident.
(eg. description of the frequency and severity of the symptoms
11/26/2007 Consumer reports that she had found her dog chewing on a bait station about 8 weeks ago. No plastic was ingested. The dog fell ill about 1 week ago with general lethargy and labored breathing. He ended up dying. Consumer elected to not have the dog evaluated by a DVM so cause of death is unknown.
Death
The information contained in this report is based on self-reported statements provided to the registrant during telephone Interview(s). These self-reported descriptions of an incident have not been independently verified to be factually correct or complete descriptions of the incident. For that reason, information contained in this report does not and can not form the basis for a determination of whether the reported clinical effects are causally related to exposure to the product identified in the telephone interviews.The significant delay in the onset of illness eliminates any possible role of an ant bait ingested 7 weeks prior. Secondly, the potential dose of abamectin this large dog could have received from a single ant bait station is well below any dose of this compound that could potentially lead to illness in a dog this size and is unlikely to have been the cause of this dog's death. The dose of abamectin used within the ant bait station is significant smaller than the dose of ivermectin, a similar compound to abamectin, used therapeutically by veterinarians to treat heartworm in dogs.