We pet owners often feed our furry children pig liver, chicken liver, duck liver, and other animal livers. Then some pet owners find that their furry children particularly like to eat animal liver, so they feed animal liver every meal, and euphemistically call it not only It tastes good, and it can also replenish vitamins for your furry. does have a point. Almost all furries are not resistant to the taste of animal liver. Its vitamin A content is also very high, so high that the furry’s body cannot absorb it all. If it cannot be excreted, it will eventually accumulate in the body and cause vitamin A poisoning.
Symptoms of vitamin A poisoning in cats
Specific symptoms of vitamin A poisoning in cats include poor appetite, depression, and slowness ; some cats will have dry back hair and bulging eyes, which is bulging eyes , and the cat’s teeth will also Because this causes gingivitis and leads to loose teeth, don’t think that’s it. If you continue to feed animal liver after these symptoms appear, after a period of time, it will turn into a cat bone disease, such as osteophytes , If the cat's cervical vertebrae are adhesions, or if it's more serious, the cat's thoracic vertebrae and cervical vertebrae will become stiff.
This specific manifestation is that the cat’s forelimbs will slowly become more and more painful, and then the cat will behave like a kangaroo sitting posture (some owners who don’t understand will find it cute), because of these bone and joint lesions It will affect the cat's movements and cause pain, so the cat's normal actions such as eating and licking will be very painful. Therefore, friends who raise cats, be sure not to overfeed the animal's offal. Every month Two or three times will do.
The symptoms of vitamin A poisoning in dogs
The symptoms of vitamin A poisoning in dogs are not weaker than those in cats. I personally think it is even more serious than cats. Vitamin A poisoning in dogs will not only cause the dog’s hair loss to worsen, it will also cause The synthesis of vitamin D in dogs ultimately affects the absorption of calcium, leading to the occurrence of spinal diseases and bone and joint diseases in dogs. This is why many paralyzed dogs or dogs with osteoarthritis in old age have long-term symptoms. The reasons for the life history of feeding animal livers; and what happens to cats as mentioned above can also happen to dogs in severe cases.
After reading the above explanation, many friends will say that this is not poison, and they will never feed it in the future. That is not the case. One thing that our pet owners need to grasp is the appropriate amount of and . Animal liver is a typical example of eating in appropriate amounts. It is a supplement. It is a food that can cause poisoning if eaten in excess. I believe everyone will guess after reading the above. This animal liver basically has the highest vitamin A content among natural ingredients, and vitamin A is an essential vitamin for cats and dogs.
If cats and dogs lack vitamin A, it will cause vision loss. In severe cases, it will also cause neuritis , low immunity and decreased fertility. Therefore, cats and dogs can eat animal liver to supplement vitamin A. Here In fact, there is a way to determine the vitamin A content of an animal's liver. That is, the shorter the animal lives, the lower the vitamin A content in its liver will be!
The editor here has prepared to consult a chicken and duck livestock farm. The meat ducks on the market are usually slaughtered in less than forty days, and usually in thirty-six or seven days. This kind of If a carnivorous duck grows too fast, its heart and other organs will not be able to bear it and will die. Therefore, the content of vitamin A in the duck liver of carnivorous ducks is the lowest compared to all animal livers. Generally speaking, is unlikely to exceed the standard when eating duck liver. To the point of poisoning .
Broiler chickens on the market live a little longer than carnivorous ducks, about fifty days, so the vitamin A content in chicken livers is higher. If we feed 60% of the food for furry children in a day If all are replaced with chicken livers from broilers, it is very likely that vitamin A will exceed the standard , . But what needs to be noted here is . If it is not the broiler chicken on the market, but the free-range chickens raised in rural areas, also called native chickens. , the vitamin A content in the liver of this kind of native chicken is very high. It is best not to exceed 15% of the total amount of food fed in a day.
There is also the issue of vitamin A content in pig liver. Pigs live longer than broilers meat ducks , so the vitamin A content in pig liver is also relatively high. If the total amount of food fed to a furry child in a day exceeds 30 % is very easy to exceed the standard , compared to pigs , cows live the longest compared to other animals, if feeding beef liver exceeds 10% of the total food of a furry child in a day, it is no exaggeration to say, Then vitamin A is on the verge of poisoning if it exceeds the limit and tries like crazy!
Therefore, if it is the liver of broiler chickens and ducks, it is a relatively safe choice for cats and dogs (, but it is not recommended to feed it frequently, just a few times a month is fine). The final summary of the
article: For the health of your furry children, I hope you will pay more attention to feeding things like animal liver as little as possible during the feeding process. Of course, it is perfectly fine to feed occasionally and adjust the taste as long as you pay attention to the portions!
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