The Norwegian Environmental Agency took the initiative to and has been the project leader for this report. It was funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordic Working Group for Chemicals, Environment, and Health. At the time of initiating this project, other projects related to alpha-chloralose (AC) poisoning was ongoing both at the Swedish University Animal Hospital, the Swedish National Veterinary Institute and the Norwegian Veterinary Institute (2, 5,6). Knowledge from this work together with data from studies co-funded by the Nordic Council was compiled in a scientific publication in BMC Veterinary Research (1) with Ulrika Windahl as research manager. This publication is the main foundation to the present report. Terje Haraldsen and Hilde Andersen at the Norwegian Environment Agency has assembled this report in cooperation with the scientists who also contributed to the scientific article:
Sweden (Collecting and submitting blood serum and questionnaires from Swedish cats. Coordinating and analysing blood serum and veterinarian/owner questionnaires from all countries):
Swedish National Veterinary Institute
Ulrika Windahl
Annica Tevell Åberg
The University Animal Hospital at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Sandra Lundgren
Cecilia Tegner
Kristoffer Dreimanis
Norway (Collecting and submitting blood serum and questionnaires from Norwegian cats. Performing the wild mice study and calculation of bait intake, coordinating urine samples and analysing these for metabolites):
The Toxinology Research Group at the Norwegian Veterinary Institute
Fedor Kryuchov
Morten Sandvik
Aksel Bernhoft