Spider Envenoming of Dog - Case Report

H. S. Fernandes(1), M. Sakate(2), A. L. Cherubini(3), A. F. Padovani(1), A. M. C. Meneses(1)

(1)Médicos Veterinários Residentes da Clínica de Pequenos Animais da FMVZ-UNESP-Botucatu; (2)Profa. Ass. Dra. do Departamento de Clínica Veterinária da FMVZ-UNESP-Botucatu and (3)Médico Veterinário Aprimorando do Centro de Estudos de Venenos e Animais Peçonhentos-CEVAP-UNESP-Botucatu.

ABSTRACT: This report refers to a female Pinscher treated at the Veterinary Hospital of the Botucatu School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Husbandry (FMVZ)-São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, 14 hours after a suspected spider envenoming. The animal showed spastic limbs, dyspnea, salivation, hypothermia, muscular fasciculation, non-responsive mydriasis, and claudication of the right hindlimb. The spider was later identified by the Center for the Study of Venoms and Venomous Animals-CEVAP/UNESP, Botucatu as Phoneutria nigriventer. The treatment with potent analgesic was efficient.

KEY WORDS: Spider envenoming, Phoneutria nigriventer, dog.

CORRESPONDENCE TO:

M. Sakate - Departamento de Clínica Veterinária – UNESP – FMVZ – Distrito de Rubião Jr. s/n – CEP 18618-000, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brasil.  Email michikos@fmvz.unesp.br