New incident report
Incident Report Number: 2008-5629
Registrant Reference Number: 346341
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: NEW YORK
PMRA Registration No. PMRA Submission No. EPA Registration No. 4822-529
Product Name: Raid Ant Baits III USA
Bait
Yes
Unknown
Animal's Owner
Dog / Chien
Mixed Breed
1
Male
8
20.00
lbs
Oral
<=15 min / <=15 min
>8 hrs <=24 hrs / > 8 h < = 24 h
System
Persisted until death
No
No
Died
Accidental ingestion/Ingestion accident.
(eg. description of the frequency and severity of the symptoms
7/14/2008 Caller reports finding a chewed bait station two weeks ago. No plastic was missing and the inside of the bait was intact. Caller's dog developed vomiting and urinary incontinence, and died within 24 hours of finding the chewed bait. No necropsy was performed.
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. Exposure history appears to indicate that even though the bait station had been chewed on, it was still intact such that majority of the bait pesticide still remained within the bait station housing. 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.