%0 Journal Article %T Toxic acute hepatitis associated to the administration of prostaglandin in a dog %A Palumbo %A Mariana Isa Poci %A Concei£¿£¿o %A Liliane Celita da %A Machado %A Luiz Henrique de Ara¨²jo %A Louren£¿o %A Maria L¨²cia Gomes %A Moreira %A Sabrina Almeida %A Legatti %A Emerson %A Gutierrez %A Raquel Ribeiro %A Lopes %A Maria Denise %J Ci¨ºncia Rural %D 2011 %I Universidade Federal de Santa Maria %R 10.1590/S0103-84782011005000113 %X prostaglandin f2? can be used in dogs to increase ejaculate volume in cases of artificial insemination, semen cryopreservation or reproductive biotechnologies. side effects after administration of pgf2? in dogs as tachycardia, tachypnea, salivation, vomiting, diarrhea and seizures are usually dose- dependent. this paper reports the occurrence of acute toxic hepatitis after the application of pgf2? in a dog, and discusses the importance of using this drug with caution in dogs. %K prostaglandin f2? %K adverse effects %K dogs. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0103-84782011000900014&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en