What to do if your dog has food poisoning?

Feb 15,2024
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Treatment of food poisoning in dogs

1. Vomiting: You can use emetics, which are effective within a short period of time after the poison is eaten, and when the poison has been eaten 4 For more than 1 hour, when most of the poison has entered the duodenum, emetic drugs cannot be used.

2. Gastric lavage: Use gastric lavage when vomiting cannot be induced or is ineffective after inducing vomiting. Wash repeatedly with 5 to 10 ml per kilogram of body weight. Commonly used are warm salt water, warm boiled water, and strong tea. wait.

3. Diarrhea: Diarrhea is another way to promote the excretion of toxins from 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.

4. 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, such as gentamicin, chloramphenicol or tetracycline, should be taken orally.

5. 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.

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