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Incident Report Number: 2010-6272
Registrant Reference Number: PROSAR Case # 1-24315383
Registrant Name (Full Legal Name no abbreviations): The Hartz Mountain Corporation
Address: 400 Plaza Drive
City: Secaucus
Prov / State: New Jersey
Country: USA
Postal Code: 07094-3688
Domestic Animal
Country: UNITED STATES
Prov / State: NEW YORK
PMRA Registration No. PMRA Submission No. EPA Registration No. 2596-78
Product Name: UltraGuard Flea Tick Powder for Cats
PMRA Registration No. PMRA Submission No. EPA Registration No. Unknown
Product Name: Flea and Tick Shampoo (nonspecific)
Liquid
Dust
Yes
Unknown
Site: Animal / Usage sur un animal domestique
No
Animal's Owner
Cat / Chat
Unknown
1
Male
13
11
lbs
Skin
Unknown / Inconnu
>24 hrs <=3 days / >24 h <=3 jours
System
Persisted until death
No
No
Died
Treatment / Traitement
(eg. description of the frequency and severity of the symptoms
1-24315383- The reporter, a pet owner, indicates her animal was exposed to insecticides containing the active ingredients tetrachlorvinphos and permethrin. The pet owner indicates she applied the registrant¿s product, a flea and tick powder containing the active ingredient tetrachlorvinphos, to her thirteen year eleven pound male cat three days prior to the initial contact with the registrant. The reporter indicates she had bathed her animal in an unknown insecticidal shampoo containing the active ingredient permethrin the day prior to the initial contact with the registrant. The pet owner indicates the animal collapsed and was unable to rise during the bath mentioned. The animal was reported to regain its strength following the bath but the collapsed one hour later and died. The animal was not brought to the veterinarian at any point in its illness, no necropsy was performed, and the animal was buried at the point of the initial contact with the registrant. No further information is available. The signs described would be unexpected following the use of the registrant¿s product according to the label. The use of the registrant¿s product is not recommended in animals above ten years of age and it is typically not recommended that multiple overlapping products of this nature be used.
Death