02/01/2024
It's advisable to avoid feeding avocados, especially the pit and skin, to animals. Always prioritize a balanced and species-appropriate diet for animals.
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Avocado fruit, pits, leaves and the actual plant are all potentially poisonous to dogs, along with other pets like cats, mice, rats, birds, rabbits, horses, cattle and goats, among others.
🥑Persin is a fungicidal toxin found in both the fruit and leaves of the avocado tree (Persea americana).
🥑It has been isolated only recently and discovered to kill breast cancer cells.
🥑It has also been shown to enhance the effect of the breast cancer fighting drug Tamoxifen.
🥑This could potentially reduce the necessary dosage of current cancer drugs.
🥑Persin is however highly insoluble, and more research will be needed to put it into a soluble tablet form.
Warning
🚫Feeding avocados to any non-human animal should be completely avoided. The lethal dose is not known; the effect is different depending upon the animal species.
🚫Avocados will trigger fluid accumulation in the lungs and chest, leading to difficulty breathing and death due to oxygen deprivation.
🚫Fluid accumulation can also occur in the heart, pancreas and abdomen. High fat content of avocado can lead to pancreatitis.
Clinical signs
💥The symptoms include gastrointestinal irritation, vomiting, diarrhoea, respiratory distress, congestion, fluid accumulation around the tissues of the heart and even death.
💥Birds seem to be particularly sensitive to this toxic compound and the symptoms are the increased heart rate, myocardial tissue damage, labored breathing, disordered plumage, unrest, weakness, and apathy.
💥High doses cause acute respiratory syndrome (asphyxia), with death approximately 12 to 24 h after consumption.
💥In lactating rabbits and mice non-infectious mastitis and agalactia after consumption of leaves or bark was observed.
💥In rabbits cardial arrhythmia, submandibular edema and death after consumption of leaves occur.
💥In cows, horses and goats mastitis after consumption of leaves or bark was observed.