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Common causes of acute death, with special attention to possible shelter situations or submissions are anaphylaxis, physical trauma (with neurologic or hemorrhagic consequences), intestinal malpositions (volvulus, intussusception), cardiomyopathy, electrocution (lightning or chewing on electric cords), gunshot, drowning, septicemia, heatstroke, dehydration, or ingestion of toxins or poisons (plant or synthetic, including disinfectants). Note that the most common cause of acute death in incompletely vaccinated shelter cats is panleukopenia. While some of these conditions may be obvious on gross necropsy (physical trauma, intestinal malpositions, gunshot, cardiomyopathy), in others histopathology is useful (e.g. some toxins, septicemia); still others are unlikely to have either gross or histological lesions (e.g. anaphylaxis, dehydration, electrocution, some toxins, heat stroke). Even in this latter subset, a gross necropsy effectively rules out most possible causes of disease. In all cases, diagnosis requires a good history to arrive at the definitive diagnosis.