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How a poisoning is diagnosed depends, in part, upon how long your pet has been ill. If your pet suddenly becomes ill and your veterinarian induces vomiting, the poison might be identified almost immediately. For example, if your pet is induced to vomit and the vomit is blue, that’s a good indication your pet ate rat poison, which is frequently dyed blue. For a definitive diagnosis, the vomited contents are sent to a pathology lab. It is also possible to immediately identify some plants and bulbs in fresh vomit.
On the other hand, if your pet has been ill for a long time, your veterinarian may send blood or tissue samples to the pathology lab. For example, if you have a Bedlington terrier or a Westie and it got into the copper tox used to treat sheep hooves, your vet will send blood and a liver biopsy sample to the lab.
| If your pet dies, your veterinarian may perform a necropsy and examine the brain and internal organs to identify the cause of death. Information gained from the necropsy helps prevent another pet from dying of the same poison.
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The articles here were answered by a variety of pharmacists and veterinarians
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