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08-22-2009, 03:18 PM | #1 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member | Avacado, is it safe? I signed up with Sharda Baker to get information on Yorkies by email. This is what I got today. Thought I'd share it. My daughter loves avocado and I didn't know it was controversal. Maybe you didn't either???? Below is a quote from the ASPCA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals). **QUOTE** As you may have read in News Alert, avocado leaves, fruit, seeds and bark contain a toxic principle known as Persin. The Guatemalan variety, a common one found in stores, appears to be the most problematic. Other strains of avocado can have different degrees of toxic potential. The safety profile of foods and other products formulated with avocado is a difficult question for us to answer definitively, because we do not know specifically how avocados are processed for these foods, what types of avocados are used, or what minimum dose of the toxic principle results in clinical effects. Therefore, we have refrained from making an overall assessment of the safety or toxicity of products that contain avocado. *** END OF QUOTE *** So you can see the issue is not particularly clear! There is some uncertainty to the safety or danger of avocados and what level is dangerous and what variety. It will be up to you to decide what is best. For me, I don't feed it to my dogs and will wait until more research is done.
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08-23-2009, 08:23 AM | #3 |
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| It is controversial because theres dog food with it in it. I wouldnt feed it to my yorkies though
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