Can dogs eat chicken livers?

Jan 15,2024
3Min

Dogs can eat a very small amount of chicken liver according to their physical condition. Chicken liver is rich in iron and protein. For dogs with anemia, eating a small amount of chicken liver can supplement enough iron. But don’t feed your dog too much chicken liver, and don’t feed it raw chicken liver. It should be cooked before feeding. Raw chicken liver can easily cause diseases or be infected by parasites. When feeding chicken liver to dogs, it is best to cut it into small pieces or grind it into powder and add it to the dog food.

The consequences of dogs eating too much chicken liver:

1. Easy to become obese: Eating too much chicken liver can easily cause dogs to become obese. Chicken liver is rich in nutrients. Long-term consumption of fats and water compounds in dogs will cause excess energy in dogs and cause obesity. Obesity can easily increase the incidence of diabetes, pancreatitis, and cardiovascular disease in dogs.

2. Itchy skin: There are many growth promoters in the feed of factory-raised chickens. Most of these chemicals are metabolized by the liver. Therefore, eating chicken liver for a long time can cause food allergies or chronic accumulation poisoning and easily cause skin disease.

3. Easily poisoned: Chicken liver contains a large amount of vitamin A. Feeding the dog with chicken liver mixed with carrots will cause excessive vitamin A. If it cannot be excreted in time, it will cause cumulative poisoning of vitamin A and cause pain. , lameness and tooth loss and other diseases.

4. Hypocalcemia: It is easy to cause a large amount of calcium loss. If the calcium reserve is very small, hypocalcemia is likely to occur. Hypocalcemia manifests as panting, convulsions, and stiffness of the limbs. If not treated in time, death may occur.

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