It didn’t even take one bite, it just ate the thing whole. So what happened was, this dog threw up an entire huge rat completely whole. So, she came in about 20 minutes after her dog ate that mouse and we gave the dog an injection of Apomorphine, and that made the dog really nauseous and it ended up throwing up. And of course, if her dog injusted that mouse, then we’re worried about the dog having rat poison within their body.

I had an owner who knew that her dog ate a dead mouse and she was worried the mouse might’ve died from rat poison. Is there any one case, in particular, that sticks out in your mind? Lancellotti: As an emergency room doctor, you probably see rat bait and rat poison quite a bit. I think getting this information out to pet owners will help them, not only if they’re going through a situation where their dog has eaten rait bait, but also to help them prepare, so that they don’t get in this situation in the future. It’s really satisfying to see them puke up that green rat bait and knowing that I can potentially save their life. I love this topic, specifically, because I know it can be very scary for a lot of owners to realize that their dog might’ve gotten into something like rat poison. It’s just been so much fun for me to be an ER doctor. I started working for VEG in 2018 and since then, I’ve grown into different roles as an emergency doctor, a medical director, and now a regional operations director for some of our New York and New Jersey hospital. I actually jumped right into emergency medicine right out of veterinary school and strangely enough, I fell in love with the nocturnal lifestyle of being an overnight ER doctor. I’m a regional operations director and also an emergency veterinarian at the Veterinary Emergency Group. Can you tell our listeners a little bit about your background and what experience you have as an emergency room doctor? I’m so excited to talk about this and give people some information about warfarin toxicity. Sterk: Thank you so much for having me, Dr. Sterk, thank you very much for being here. She is an emergency doctor who is going to be talking to us today about warfarin, which is a type of rat poison.

I have a very special guest with me today, Dr. Lancellotti: Welcome, everyone, to today’s episode of Your Vet Wants You To Know.

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