Food (Ingredient) |
Toxic Effect in Dogs |
Toxic Effect in Cats |
Alcoholic beverages |
Ataxia, respiratory depression, cardiac abnormalities, death (acute toxicity with 5-8 mL/kg; oral LD50 5500 mg/kg in dogs) |
Ataxia,respiratory depression, cardiac abnormalities, death (acute toxicity with 5-8 mL/kg) |
Avocado (persin) |
Vomiting, diarrhea |
None known |
Chocolate
|
Vomiting, diarrhea, tremors, seizures, death (250-500 mg/kg LD50 in dogs) |
Vomiting, diarrhea, tremors, seizures, death (200 mg/kg LD50 in cats) |
Coffee (all forms)
|
Vomiting, diarrhea, tremors, seizures, death (LD50 140-150 mg/kg in dogs |
Vomiting, diarrhea, tremors, seizures, death (LD50 100-150 mg/kg in cats) |
Fatty foods
|
Steatorrhea, diarrhea, obesity, pancreatitis |
Steatorrhea, diarrhea, obesity |
Macadamia nuts
|
Vomiting, depression, ataxia (2.2 g/kg) |
None known |
Moldy foods (tremorgenic mycotoxins)
|
Muscle tremors, seizures
|
Muscle tremors, seizures
|
Onions, onion powder, garlic, leeks, chives (propyl disulfide) |
Hemolysis (11 g raw onions/kg) |
Hemolysis (28 g raw onion/kg) |
Raisins and grapes |
Acute renal failure(no apparent doseresponse) |
None known |
Yeastdough(ethanol) |
Abdominaldistention, ethanoltoxicosis |
Abdominaldistention, ethanoltoxicosis |
. Small animal toxicology. 2nd ed. St Louis: saunders Elsevier 2006