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The ante-mortem diagnosis is most often made based on the history of bait ingestion (stools may have a green discoloration) and the development of clinical signs. Definitive diagnosis can be reached only post-mortem by detecting bromethalin or its metabolites in kidney, liver, fat or brain samples using gas chromatography with electron capture (Dorman et al., 1990a, b). Samples should be submitted frozen and protected from light.