New incident report
Incident Report Number: 2010-3441
Registrant Reference Number: PROSAR Case # 1-22601890
Registrant Name (Full Legal Name no abbreviations): The Hartz Mountain Corporation
Address: 400 Plaza Drive
City: Secaucus
Prov / State: NJ
Country: USA
Postal Code: 07094-3688
Domestic Animal
Country: UNITED STATES
Prov / State: OHIO
PMRA Registration No. PMRA Submission No. EPA Registration No. 2596-86
Product Name: Hartz UltraGuard Flea Tick Dip for Dogs and Cats
Liquid
Yes
Unknown
Site: Animal / Usage sur un animal domestique
Unknown
Animal's Owner
Dog / Chien
Mixed breed
1
Female
6
Unknown
Skin
>8 hrs <= 24 hrs / >8 h <= 24 h
>8 hrs <=24 hrs / > 8 h < = 24 h
System
Persisted until death
Yes
Unknown
Died
Treatment / Traitement
(eg. description of the frequency and severity of the symptoms
1-22601890: The reporter, an animal owner, called on 05/12/10 to report exposure of his 6 year mixed breed dog to a pesticide containing the active ingredients Pyrethrins, Piperonyl butoxide, and N-octyl bicycloheptene dicarboximide. The caller reports he applied the product to his animal 05/09/10. He did not specify application technique. He reports he had used the same product on the animal last year with no ill effect. The caller reported skin and fur discoloration the morning after application and rinsed the product from the animal. He also reports he noted ataxia and poor appetite that morning. The caller reports he brought the animal to the veterinarian on 05/11/10 when the symptoms did not abate. The veterinarian was reported to have been given "vitamins and vitamin K1" on an outpatient basis. The owner brought the animal back to the veterinarian on 05/12/10 and the animal was reported to have been given IV fluids and died a short time later. He did not specify if the animal had been hospitalized or not. The caller was informed that the product is well tolerated when used according to label instructions and offered assistance with necropsy to determine the cause of the animal¿¿¿s death. 05/21/10 necropsy results were provided from University of (name) of Veterinary Medicine Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. The pathologist comments are as follows: "The most significant change is the significant lack of red blood cells (presumed anemia) observed in all the sections of tissue examined most likely from the severe parasite infestation described in the clinical history. The increased amounts of edema are most likely secondary to anemia, hypoproteinemia and hypovolemia. The significant centrilobular dropout and degeneration is secondary to severe hypoxia, most likely secondary to anemia (hypovolemia) and reduced myocardial efficiency. Most often hypovolemia, hypoproteinemia, and hypoxia result in an unexpected cardiac arrhythmia and sudden death. No significant inflammatory reactions or neoplastic processes are observed in the sections examined."
Death