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Food products and household items commonly handled by humans can be toxic to dogs. The symptoms can range from simple irritation to digestion issues, behavioral changes, and even death. The categories of common items ingested by dogs include food products, human medication, household detergents, indoor and outdoor toxic plants, and rat poison. [1]
Menu Foods' recalled products alone represent nearly 100 brands of cat and dog food, and as of 11 April, are the only brands known to have caused sickness in animals. Below is an overview of affected brands, as provided by the FDA and the companies: Menu Foods: Over 50 brands of dog food, [9] and over 40 brands of cat food. [10]
A study showed that 99.5% of the controlled food cans contain tin in an amount below that level. [4] However, un-lacquered tin cans with food of a low pH, such as fruits and pickled vegetables, can contain elevated concentrations of tin. [2] The toxic effects of tin compounds are based on its interference with iron and copper metabolism.
Alcoholic beverages are extremely harmful to dogs, [72] and often for reasons of additives such as xylitol, an artificial sweetener in some mixers. Dogs can absorb ethyl alcohol in dangerous amounts through their skin as well as through drinking the liquid or consuming it in foods. Even fermenting bread dough can be dangerous to dogs. [73]
The post 2 Dogs Dead, Police Investigate Suspected Poisoning in UK appeared first on DogTime. In Devon, United Kingdom, police are currently investigating the deaths of two dogs who are believed ...
A rat may avoid a food yet still enjoy it and choose it over others. Rats tested with a sucrose solution paired with a drug that gave positive, euphoric effects, such as amphetamine, cocaine, and morphine emitted positive reactions to the drugs, yet they avoided approaching these solutions. When one of these solutions was placed next to another ...
Stage 3 (24 to 72 hours) kidney failure is the result of ethylene glycol poisoning. In cats, this stage occurs 12–24 hours after consuming antifreeze; in dogs, at 36–72 hours after consuming antifreeze. [9] During this stage, severe kidney failure is developing secondary to calcium oxalate crystals forming in the kidneys. [9]
Residents of Sandy Beach Trailer Park in Akron, Ohio, are on high alert after more than 50 bowls of anti-freeze aimed at poisoning the community cats were found scattered throughout the mobile ...