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Clinical signs occur within 20 min to 3 h from ingestion and include tachycardia, tachypnea, hypersalivation, muscle tremors, vomiting, hyperesthesia, nystagmus (especially in cats), ataxia, opisthotonus, seizures, hyperthermia, diarrhoea and obtunded mental status to coma (Yas-Natan et al., 2007). The seizures are tonic, similar to those secondary to strychnine intoxication, but generally they do not worsen with stimuli in dogs. However, in cats seizures have been reported to be triggered or exacerbated by auditory, visual or tactile stimuli. Metabolic acidosis is common. Death may occur from respiratory failure 4 to 24 h after ingestion or from liver failure 3 to 4 days after ingestion in dogs. Post-metaldehyde intoxication liver disease has not been reported in cats.