New incident report
Incident Report Number: 2011-5674
Registrant Reference Number: 846085
Registrant Name (Full Legal Name no abbreviations): McLaughlin Gormley King Company
Address: 8810 Tenth Ave North
City: Minneapolis
Prov / State: MN
Country: USA
Postal Code: 55427-4319
Domestic Animal
Country: UNITED STATES
Prov / State: GEORGIA
Unknown
PMRA Registration No. PMRA Submission No. EPA Registration No. 1021-1600-79533
Product Name: MGK INSECT REPELLENT SPRAY 2559
Liquid
Yes
Unknown
Site: Animal / Usage sur un animal domestique
No
Medical Professional
Dog / Chien
Yorkshire Terrier (Yorkie)
1
Male
1
9.00
lbs
Skin
>1 wk <=1 mo / > 1 sem < = 1 mois
>1 wk <=1 mo / > 1 sem < = 1 mois
System
Persisted until death
Yes
Yes
1
Day(s) / Jour(s)
Died
Treatment / Traitement
(eg. description of the frequency and severity of the symptoms
August 31, 2011 Veterinarian called to report that she was treating a dog that presented on August 30 with a temperature of 100.4 with a history of anorexia and vomiting. Laboratory tests on the animal's blood revealed an ALT 344 AST 160 WBC 22.5. On August 31, the dog had a temperature of 102, was more lethargic and started showing bloody diarrhea. The dog appeared to have a painful abdomen and was not producing any urine. Diagnostic testing for parvo was positive. The dog eventually deteriorated clinically and died on August 31 despite various therapeutic interventions. The owner's admitted that they had been spraying a DEET containing insect repellent on their hands and rubbing it on the dog/s fur daily for about 2 weeks prior to this illness. The vet suspects an infectious cause for the illness, likely Parvo, but wanted to rule out the involvement of a DEET containing insect repellent. The veterinarian was informed that DEET is primarily associated with neurological symptoms with intoxication in dogs. Given that this dog did not display a primary neurological illness, it was concluded that the repellent was not the likely cause
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. This dog's illness is not suggestive of DEET toxicity and is much more consistent with an infectious etiology, likely Parvo virus as demonstrated in diagnostic testing. It should be underscored that this repellent was grossly misused as it is not intended for application to animals.