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As many as 1 000 dogs are poisoned in South Africa every week. This is according to Dr Gerhard Verdoorn, director at the Griffon Poison Information Centre.
On Wednesday evening, up to 40 dogs were poisoned in Florida, Roodepoort.
“The poison that is used is very potent – around 97% of animals that are poisoned die.”
Verdoorn said poison is usually placed in viennas, Russians or mince and fed to the dogs. Once the dogs are dead, the homes are easy targets for housebreaking or theft.
“The most common poison used is Aldicarb, also known as ‘two-step’. It’s called that because you take two steps and then you die.”
Other poisons commonly used are Carbofuran and Terbufos. These are all pesticides and are highly toxic.
With almost 30 years’ experience, Verdoorn, who predominately assists the national Department of Agriculture and the SAPS, said Aldicarb is the primary active substance used in some pesticides. It is banned in parts of Europe and can no longer legally be sold in South Africa.
“But is still used in Zimbabwe, from where it is smuggled in by crime syndicates.”
Verdoorn says death is almost guaranteed when a dog is given a high dosage of Aldicarb.
“What happens is that the animal’s nervous system shuts down. It is paralysed and then suffocates to death.”
According to Verdoorn, it would take a big dog 20 minutes to die and a smaller dog could be dead within five minutes.
“This is affecting the whole country. The poison is used in farm attacks as well.”
Aldicarb is a grainy black substance and is readily available at informal shops and taxi ranks, where it is sold in little plastic bags, says Verdoorn.
Going on for years
Cora Bailey, director of Community Led Animal Welfare (CLAW), who happens to live in Florida, confirmed Wednesday’s mass poisoning to News24.
“This has been going on for years,” Bailey said. “It is a massive problem. This poison is being sold everywhere.”
Bailey urged the public to keep their pets inside at night and to report incidents of poisoning to the police.
“Keep your dogs away from your front yard. And let them sleep inside at night. This is safer for you and obviously for your dog
“Criminals are more reluctant to enter a property where the dog can alert homeowners,” Bailey said.
Mandy Cattanach, manager of the SPCA in Roodepoort, told Netwerk24 while the animal welfare organisation dealt with poisoned animals daily, this incident was something it had never seen before.
Cattanach reportedly said that residents of Janet, Maud and Cinderella streets and Sixth Avenue called the SPCA en masse on Wednesday night to report that their dogs were dying.
The incident was being investigated, she said.
SAPS Florida could not be reached for comment.
According to a statement by Animal Resource South Africa, dog poisonings are on the rise in South Africa.
The organisation also urged pet owners to keep dogs inside at night.
What should I do if I suspect my pet has been poisoned?
You need to get your pet to the vet as fast as you can, the statement read.
If treatment is started early, the prognosis for recovery is good.
“Phone your vet’s rooms while you are on the way and let them know you have an emergency, that you suspect poisoning.
“To buy more time, you can give your pet activated charcoal if you have it at home. This will only have an effect if your pet is showing very mild clinical signs. Don’t waste time doing this: do it fast and still hurry to the vet. The activated charcoal is not a treatment, but it may buy you a little extra time. If your dog is already vomiting, it won’t have any effect, as it will only be regurgitated.”
Signs and symptoms
Animal Resource South Africa lists the following symptoms that may indicate that your dog has been poisoned:
Disorientation, vomiting, confusion, excessive salivation and coughing up slime, excessively runny nose, hyperventilation, lethargy, difficulty breathing, convulsions and seizures, diarrhoea that may be mucous or black or “tarry” in the case of anticoagulant poisoning, abnormal pupils – either pinpoint or dilated, tremors and muscle twitching, temporary or partial paralysis, partial loss of movement, unconsciousness, coma, bleeding from the nose, gums or wounds, acute blindness in the case of anticoagulants, and blood in the urine in the case of anticoagulants.
Anticoagulants are medicines that help prevent blood clots. These agents are also present in rat and mouse poisons, that are also used to poison dogs.
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The cold and flu season isn’t over just yet, and sometimes, no matter how much care we take to remain healthy, a dreaded bug can still take us down.
And among all the coughing and sneezing, we might wonder what exactly is causing our misery. Could it be one of the many strains of the common cold virus, or is it the flu? Or could it be both?
As much as you might put up a fight, there are times you can get a strain of a cold and the flu at the same time. As Dr Kevin Bonham explains on Science Blogs in 2013, this state is called a “superinfection”, and that when this happens, your immune system reacts in a certain way.
How the cold and flu can overlap
When you’re infected with one virus, your immune response makes it inhospitable for any other virus to attack, which means it is less likely that a second infection will take hold while your body is fighting the first, explains Science Focus. However, although it is rare for anyone to catch a cold and the flu at the same time, it is possible.
The common cold and the flu are caused by different families of viruses. Although there are no published studies looking at the concurrence of both, there is still a slim chance of it happening, said Dr Schaffner to Health.com.
A cold remains up in the nose and sinus area, whereas the flu can enter deep into the lungs and cause complications, especially for those with weaker immune systems. Cold symptoms are also milder and more common, which is why it is known as the “common cold”. The most common cause of colds is the rhinovirus. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), adults have an average of two to three colds per year.
The flu, on the other hand, is more severe than a cold and may cause symptoms of fever, headache, sore throat, body aches and even some gastrointestinal symptoms – and can even be fatal. The World Health Organization reports that flu epidemics result in three to five million cases of severe illness and about 290 000 to 659999 deaths each year.
Although symptoms differ, the bottom line is that both viruses attack your respiratory tract, and there’s no reason they couldn’t infect you at the same time, added Schaffner. Dr Bonham also explains that if the two viruses you contract are very similar, like colds and flu, the first stage of your immune system’s response would kick into high gear and the body would go into an “antiviral state” and fight off the two viruses in identical ways, whereas the second stage would target the two viruses individually.
Is it dangerous to have both viruses at the same time?
While having both a cold and the flu concurrently would make you feel downright miserable, the good news is that your body can fight two infections at once. Interestingly, Schaffner explains that you likely wouldn’t be able to tell that you have both at once, but that you would certainly feel much worse than if you only had one.
The more important concern is that, according to a 2017 review published in Frontiers in Microbiology, there is actually a higher ability for a bacterial infection, such as pneumonia, to piggyback onto an existing influenza infection. To safeguard yourself from this it is strongly advised that you get the flu vaccine, to reduce your risk of catching the flu as it is the best method to protect yourself against the flu virus. Other measures include among others regular hand washing, cleaning surfaces with disinfectant soap, and avoiding touching objects in public spaces.
And when you can’t distinguish whether you’re suffering from a cold or the flu, here are 7 warning signs that it’s more than “just a cold”.
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