What to do if your dog has food poisoning? What can you do to detoxify your dog from food poisoning?

Causes of food poisoning in dogs

Dogs are most susceptible to food poisoning after eating spoiled food. In spoiled and rancid food, bacteria such as Proteus, Salmonella, Clostridium botulinum, and Staphylococcus aureus are often contaminated, resulting in obvious clinical symptoms. For example, spoiled fish is contaminated by Proteus, which causes protein decomposition and the production of histamine. The incubation period of histamine poisoning does not exceed 2 hours. The dog will suddenly vomit, have diarrhea, have excessive nasal discharge, have difficulty breathing, dilated pupils, ataxia, etc. . At this time, the dog may be comatose, with hindquarters paralysis, weak, urinating blood, and black feces. Generally speaking, the earlier the symptoms appear, the more serious the poisoning is.

First aid for dog food poisoning

When a dog shows symptoms of poisoning, the owner of the dog does not need to panic or be nervous, but should calmly analyze the cause of the disease. Depending on the poisoned food and the length of time it was eaten, the following emergency measures can be taken:

1. Inducing vomiting and anti-vomiting:

Inducing vomiting is effective within a short period of time after the food is eaten, and emetic drugs can be used. You can take 50 to 100 ml of 1% zinc sulfate solution. If necessary, use apomorphine (apomorphine) 3 mg subcutaneously. When spoiled food has been eaten for more than 4 hours and most of the food has entered the duodenum, emetic drugs cannot be used. Vomiting drugs should be used with caution in pregnant dogs. When vomiting is over, antiemetic drugs, such as diphenhydramine hydrochloride, can be used. The dog can be injected intramuscularly with 0.5~2 mg/kg body weight, and the oral dose is 2~5 mg/kg body weight, twice a day. Diphenamine 1~1.5 mg/kg body weight, intramuscular or subcutaneous injection.

2. Diarrhea and antidiarrheal:

Diarrhea is another method to promote the excretion of toxins in the gastrointestinal tract. If you have eaten toxic food for more than 2 to 3 hours and your mental state is still good, you can take laxatives to promote the elimination of toxic food as soon as possible. Be careful not to use vegetable oil when taking purgative measures. When the intestinal contents are basically exhausted, antidiarrheal drugs, such as atropine sulfate, can be used, 0.3 to 1 mg per time for dogs, kilogram of body weight, subcutaneous or intramuscular injection.

3. Antibacterial and anti-inflammatory:

In order to prevent the bacteria in the intestine from continuing to grow and reproduce and produce toxins, broad-spectrum antibiotics should be taken orally, such as gentamicin, chloramphenicol or tetracycline.

4. Anti-shock:

In order to prevent shock in dogs, corticosteroids can be used, such as intramuscular injection of dexamethasone, 0.25~1 mg each time, or prednisone, prednisolone and other drugs. If you feel better after the above treatment, you should pay attention to rest. If the vomiting and diarrhea are serious, fast temporarily. After the vomiting stops, give a liquid or semi-liquid diet, and let the sick dog drink more light salt water to supplement sufficient water. If there is no improvement or the poisoning symptoms are severe, you should be sent to the hospital for treatment in time.

Attention should be paid to preventing food poisoning in dogs

1. Feed the dog well-cooked food and eat it now. Do not leave it out for a long time. 2. Dispose of fermented and spoiled food, and never feed it again, because the toxins released by the germs in the food will add to the food.It cannot be destroyed after being heated and can still cause food poisoning or even death. For example, the toxin of Salmonella is heat-resistant and is still toxic after one hour at 75 degrees, which can cause food poisoning in animals.