New incident report
Incident Report Number: 2008-4760
Registrant Reference Number: 334135
Registrant Name (Full Legal Name no abbreviations): Sergeant's Pet Care Products, Inc. /DBA PetLogic, LLC
Address: 2625 South 158th Plaza
City: Omaha
Prov / State: NE
Country: United States
Postal Code: 68130
Domestic Animal
Country: UNITED STATES
Prov / State: INDIANA
PMRA Registration No. PMRA Submission No. EPA Registration No. 69332-3-2517
Product Name: Sergeant's Gold Flea and Tick Squeeze-On for Cats and Kittens
Liquid
Yes
Units: mL
Site: Animal / Usage sur un animal domestique
Unknown
Animal's Owner
Cat / Chat
Domestic Shorthair
1
Unknown
3
10
lbs
Skin
>2 hrs <=8 hrs / >2 h <=8 h
>8 hrs <=24 hrs / > 8 h < = 24 h
System
>24 hrs <=3 days / >24 h <=3 jours
Yes
Yes
8
Hour(s) / Heure(s)
Euthanised / Euthanasie
Treatment / Traitement
(eg. description of the frequency and severity of the symptoms
Caller states that he applied the product to both of his cats and they started to tremor and vomit blood. Caller brought both cats to the DVM and was told there was nothing they could do to help his cats. DMV states both cats are experiencing muscle rigidness, fever, hematemesis/UGI Bleed, mucous per rectum. DMV states that the owner told them the symptoms started about 3 hours after application. Administered 1 cc diazpam iv, stopped seisure but not tremors, administered 2 cc robaxin iv, minimal effect, 1/2 cc phenobarbital iv, this reduced tremors greatly, 6:25 repeated pheno 1/2 cc iv again 7 pm; at 7:25 pm applied warm compress and tremors worse again so gave 1./2 cc pheno iv and 1/2 cc pheno im, gave 1 cc propofol to sedate. Called owners at 9 pm recommend transfer. Owners decided to euthanize.
Death
DVM stated would not expect to see these SXS with labeled use of the product. Recommend exploring other etiologies for the SXS.
Animal's Owner
Cat / Chat
Domestic Shorthair
1
Unknown
3
10
lbs
Skin
>2 hrs <=8 hrs / >2 h <=8 h
>2 hrs <=8 hrs / > 2 h < = 8 h
System
>24 hrs <=3 days / >24 h <=3 jours
Yes
Yes
8
Hour(s) / Heure(s)
Euthanised / Euthanasie
Treatment / Traitement
(eg. description of the frequency and severity of the symptoms
Caller states that he applied the product to both of his cats and they started to tremor and vomit blood. Caller brought both cats to the DVM and was told there was nothing they could do to help his cats. DMV states both cats are experiencing muscle rigidness, fever, hematemesis/UGI Bleed, mucous per rectum. DMV states that the owner told them the symptoms started about 3 hours after application. Administered 1 cc diazpam iv, stopped seisure but not tremors, administered 2 cc robaxin iv, minimal effect, 1/2 cc phenobarbital iv, this reduced tremors greatly, 6:25 repeated pheno 1/2 cc iv again 7 pm; at 7:25 pm applied warm compress and tremors worse again so gave 1./2 cc pheno iv and 1/2 cc pheno im, gave 1 cc propofol to sedate. Called owners at 9 pm recommend transfer. Owners decided to euthanize.
Death
DVM stated would not expect to see these SXS with labeled use of the product. Recommend exploring other etiologies for the SXS.