The domain of these giant toads is expanding, so make sure you're ready to recognize and handle these toxic cases. Apreviously healthy 3-year-old 8-lb (3.6-kg) intact male Yorkshire terrier was found seizing and hypersalivating in the owner s backyardnext to a partially consumed toad.Upon arriving at the clinic, the dog was hypersalivating, hypermetric, disoriented, and moderately tachy-cardic (200 bpm). Shortly after the examination, the dog had a short seizure episode and vomited parts of the toad, including aspects of the head. The dog's owner also gave the clinic the remnants of the consumed toad and a live specimen from the same area. Based on comparison of the cranial morphology, the toad was identified as a cane toad (Bufo marinus).
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