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Incident Report Number: 2010-5184
Registrant Reference Number: PROSAR Case #: 1-22938921
Registrant Name (Full Legal Name no abbreviations): Syngenta Crop Protection
Address: 410 Swing Road
City: Greensboro
Prov / State: North Carolina
Country: USA
Postal Code: 27419
Domestic Animal
Country: UNITED STATES
Prov / State: CALIFORNIA
Unknown
PMRA Registration No. PMRA Submission No. EPA Registration No. 100-1218
Product Name: Demon MAX
Liquid
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Unknown
Medical Professional
Dog / Chien
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3
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Unknown / Inconnu
Unknown / Inconnu
System
Persisted until death
Unknown
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Died
Contact treat.area/Contact surf. traitée
(eg. description of the frequency and severity of the symptoms
1-229389921-The reporter, a veterinarian, calls to indicate possible exposure of three patients to an insecticide containing the active ingredient Cypermethrin. The reporter indicates three patients of his have died recently. The animals were all dogs. One animal was a Shih-Tzu; the others unspecified breed, weight or age. He did indicate all may have died of ¿¿¿old age¿¿¿ and had numerous concurrent medical conditions (unspecified). The caller did not indicate any signs that may have preceded the deaths, any care that might have been given, or diagnostics that may have been offered. He was unable to specify when two of the animals had died (he indicated ¿¿¿the last while¿¿¿), but did indicate the Shih-Tzu dog had died 05/28/10. No necropsy was performed. The caller stated no exposure was observed but the pet¿¿¿s owner had stated a pest control operator had applied the product in her home in the recent past (unspecified date, unspecified application technique). The caller was informed the product carried a wide margin of safety and a low level of toxicity. Ingestions of small quantities of this product are unlikely to result in significant problems but if enough is ingested minor GI upset may result. No systemic effects including the deaths described would be expected under normal use circumstances. No further information is available.
Death
Initial contact was by a vet who was merely conducting due diligence. It is highly unlikely that the pesticide was involved in the death of these animals. There was no evidence of direct exposure and no symptoms which could be related to cypermethrin.