| 英文描述 | Rodenticides and other products that contain vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) are available. Fatal toxicities due to this agent have occurred in dogs and cats; signs in cats are frequently not as severe as those in dogs. There is hypercalcemia and hyperphosphatemia. Death is usually due to renal failure. Dx by history, signs, hypercalcemia, hyperphosphatemia, pathologic findings, and increased concentration of serum 25-hydroxycholecalciferol. The human drugs calcipotriol, calcipotriene, and tacalcitol have caused vitamin D toxicity in dogs. Oversupplementation with vitamin D can be toxic. |