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Tag: chocolate

  • Tremorgenic toxins and chocolate poisoning

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    This past fortnight or so we’ve seen a handful of cases in which dogs which have been struck down with severe whole-body tremors and seizure-like episodes shortly after (or while they are on) a walk. Each dog was from a different part of town, and all were out walking in different areas. Initially we didn’t…

  • Raisins

    Raisins

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    I worked New Year this year, and we had a busy one. Raisin ingestion was easily our most popular toxicity this season, outnumbering chocolate by 4 to 1. I last called the Veterinary Poisons Information Service (VPIS) about raisins around Easter time, but I called them again when I was hospitalising the second patient to make sure we…

  • Inducing vomiting in dogs

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    In our practice, the preferred way to induce vomiting after ingestion of poisons (most commonly raisins, chocolate and rat poison) is subcutaneous apomorphine. If a strong acid or alkali has been ingested, this is contraindicated. This also seems to occur most commonly out of hours for some strange reason. We give 30μg/kg SC and wait for the desired effect,…

  • Chocolate, tea and respect

    Chocolate, tea and respect

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    I’m getting old. I can see that. People greet me not by saying “you look great” but by saying “you’re getting greyer”. The worst part of that is not that it’s rude, but that they seem to think it’s funny. I’ve been in this profession a long time, and I have seen quite a bit.…