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Table 1 Adverse events in dogs in 2011-2015 reported to the Finnish competent authority due to suspected consumption of bait containing oral rabies vaccine

From: Adverse reactions from consumption of oral rabies vaccine baits in dogs in Finland

Case id

Year

ABONa

Dog

Municipality

Clinical description by the owner

Examination and treatment by veterinarian

Case 1

2011

A

German shorthaired pointer

Ilomantsi

Vomiting (5 folio capsules)

No treatment

Case 2

2011

B

Beagle, 1 year

Rääkkylä

Restlessness, vomiting, listless (vomited a folio capsule)

Symptomatic treatment

Case 3

2012

B

Norwegian elkhound, male

Kitee

Vomiting, inappetence, listless

No treatment

Case 4

2012

B

Finnish spitz, female

Ilomantsi

Listless, emesis

No treatment

Case 5

2012

A

Finnish spitz

Ilomantsi

Listless, emesis, weight loss, anorexia, constipation, haemorrhagic diarrhoea

X-ray, surgery for removal of foreign body

Case 6

2012

A

Jämthund (Swedish Jämthund)

Ilomantsi

Listless, emesis, weight loss, anorexia, constipation, haemorrhagic diarrhoea

No treatment

Case 7

2012

B

Finnish spitz, male

Ilomantsi

Emesis, listless

No treatment

Case 8

2012

O

Finnish spitz, male

Tuupovaara

Hyperactive, confusion, did not hunt for 2 days

No treatment

Case 9

2014

A

German shorthaired pointer, female

Ilomantsi

Vomiting

X-ray, endoscopy

  1. a The causality assessment was carried out using the ABON system described in Volume 9B, Guidelines on Pharmacovigilance for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use where categories are as follows: A probable; B possible; O unclassifiable/unassessable; N unlikely to be product related