Poisoning of cats and dogs by the carbamate pesticides aldicarb and carbofuran

Autor(es)

de Siqueira, Adriana ^[1] ; Salvagni, Fernanda Auciello ^[1] ; Yoshida, Alberto Soiti ^[2] ; Goncalves-Junior, Vagner ^[3] ; Calefi, Atilio Sersun ^[1] ; Fukushima, Andre Rinaldi ^{[1, 3]} ; Spinosa, Helenice de Souza ^{[1, 3]} ; Maiorka, Paulo Cesar ^[1]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Pathol, Sch Vet Med & Anim Sci, BR-05508270 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

^[2] Inst Criminal Sci, Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

^[3] Univ Sao Paulo, Toxicol Lab, Dept Pathol, Sch Vet Med & Anim Sci, BR-05508270 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Research in Veterinary Science; v. 102, p. 142-149, OCT 2015.
• Citações Web of Science: 10

Resumo

The intentional and accidental poisoning of animals and people is a threat to public health and safety worldwide. Necropsies and histopathological examinations of 26 cats and 10 dogs poisoned by the carbamates aldicarb and carbofuran, confirmed by thin layer chromatography (TLC) and high performance liquid chromatography with diode-array detector (HPLC-DAD) were analysed, with variable post mortem interval and conservation of the carcass. Biological matrices were collected for toxicological and histopathological analyses. High performance liquid chromatography with diode-array detector (HPLC-DAD) was utilized to detect aldicarb and its metabolites, aldicarb sulphoxide and aldicarb sulphone, and carbofuran. The variable post mortem interval and the method of conservation of the carcass may be harmful to toxicological, necroscopic and histopathological analyses, that should be performed in order to provide reliable evidences to investigate possible poisoning of animals, which is cruel crime, and are usually linked to domestic or social conflict. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 12/23645-4 - Estudo de alterações patológicas em situações ligadas à perícia em medicina veterinária
• Beneficiário: Paulo César Maiorka
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular