Ingestão de corpo estranho de chumbo por cão da raça daschund - Relato de caso / Ingestion of lead object by a daschund dog - Case report / Ingestión de cuerpo extraño de plomo por perro de la raza daschund - Relato de caso

O presente trabalho relata a ingestão de corpo estranho de chumbo por um cão da raça Daschund, fêmea, atendido em uma clínica particular no município de Pitanga-PR visualizado pelo proprietário há aproximadamente 20 dias. A paciente apresentava vomito há 48 horas, mas apresentava-se hidratada e demais parâmetros dentro da normalidade. O diagnóstico foi confirmado com radiografia simples e o protocolo terapêutico instituído foi o cirúrgico. Apesar do tempo de exposição ao objeto púmblico, a paciente não apresentava alterações clinicas de intoxicação pelo metal. Após 10 dias da gastrotomia, a paciente recebeu alta e permaneceu sem sinais de intoxicação pelo chumbo até o momento.(AU)

This study reports the ingestion of a lead object by a female Daschund dog attended in a private clinic in the city of Pitanga ­ PR witnessed by the owner 20 days before. The patient presented vomit for 48 hours but it was hydrated, with other parameters within normality. The diagnosis was confirmed with an X-ray and surgery was the therapeutic treatment of choice. In spite of the time of exposure to the lead object, the patient did not present clinical signs of intoxication by the metal. Ten days after the gastrostomy, the patient was discharged and did not present further signs of intoxication.(AU)

El presente trabajo relata la ingestión de un cuerpo extraño de plomo por un perro de la raza Daschund, hembra, atendido en una clínica particular en el municipio de Pitanga-PR visualizado por el propietario hacía aproximadamente 20 días. La paciente presentaba vomito hacía 48 horas, pero se presentaba hidratada y demás parámetros dentro de la normalidad. El diagnóstico se ha confirmado con radiografía simple y el protocolo terapéutico instituido fue el quirúrgico. A pesar del tiempo de exposición al objeto plúmbeo, la paciente no presentaba alteraciones clínicas de intoxicación por el metal. Después de 10 días de la gastrostomía, la paciente recibió alta y permaneció sin signos de intoxicación por el plomo hasta el momento.(AU)

Botulism as a food poisoning: what is it?

Botulism is a rare but potentially life-threatening neuroparalytic syndrome resulting from the action of a neurotoxin elaborated by the microorganism Clostridium botulinum. This disease has a lengthy history; the first investigation of botulism occurred in the 1820s with a case report on hundreds of patients with [sausage poisoning] in a southern German town. Several decades later in Belgium, the association was demonstrated between a neu-romuscular paralysis and ham infected by a spore forming bacillus that was isolated from the ham. The organism was named Bacillus botulinus after the Latin word for sausage, botulus