Clinical symptoms of vitamin A poisoning in dogs
1. Lassitude, gum hyperemia, edema, and some gingivitis and tooth loss, which affect the animal’s food intake and chewing;
2. Loss of appetite, abdominal distension, constipation;
3. Restricted bone growth and development;
4. Exostosis around the cervical spine and forelimb joints, Stiffness of the neck, bone fusion of the elbow and wrist of the forelimb, difficulty in walking, and lameness;
5. Vitamin A can affect the normal growth, mineralization and redissolution of cartilage, and excessive vitamin A can cause Hyperosteogeny within the cortex, which is the major toxicity of vitamin A. Taking vitamin A in large quantities for a long time can cause fetal deformities in dogs.
Treatment for excess vitamin A
1. Immediately stop feeding the diet with excessive vitamin A content Return to normal, but bone changes are generally difficult to reverse.
2. For acute poisoning, detoxification treatment should be carried out in time, such as vomiting and laxative, to eliminate the poison. At the same time, 10% glucose saline can be injected intravenously.
3. To alleviate the bleeding caused by vitamin K deficiency due to liver damage, vitamin K preparations can be taken orally or injected.
4. In addition, take corresponding symptomatic treatment according to the condition.
Prevention of excessive vitamin A
1. When vitamin A preparations are added to the feed, the added amount should be strictly controlled.
2. When clinically applying vitamin A preparations (such as the treatment of vitamin A deficiency), attention should be paid to the dosage and duration of medication to prevent excessive accumulation and poisoning.
3. The formula dog food sold in the market is very reasonable now, and there is no need to supplement vitamin A, otherwise it is easy to overdo it and cause poisoning;
4 . When the owner prepares dog food by himself, he can carry out nutrition matching according to the dog’s physical condition.
