Carol Boche Webboard User Reg: 10-30-2005
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I saw this on a different site....it was written by a vet although I chose not to place her info on here....
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This week I had the first case in history of raisin toxicity ever seen at MedVet. My patient was a 56-pound, 5 yr old male neutered lab mix that ate half a canister of raisins sometime between 7:30 AM and 4:30 PM on Tuesday. He started with vomiting, diarrhea and shaking about 1AM on Wednesday but the owner didn't call my emergency service until 7AM.
I had heard somewhere about raisins AND grapes causing acute Renal failure but hadn't seen any formal paper on the subject. We had her bring the dog in immediately. In the meantime, I called the ER service at MedVet, and the doctor there was like me - had heard something about it, but.... Anyway, we contacted the ASPCA National Animal Poison Control Center and they said to give IV fluids at 1 times ma! intenance and watch the kidney values for the next 48-72 hours.
The dog's BUN (blood urea nitrogen level) was already at 32 (normal less than 27) and creatinine over 5 ( 1.9 is the high end of normal). Both are monitors of kidney
function in the bloodstream. We placed an IV catheter and started the fluids. Rechecked the renal values at 5 PM and the BUN was over 40 and creatinine over 7 with no urine production after a liter of fluids. At the point I felt the dog was in acute renal failure and sent him on to MedVet for a urinary catheter to monitor urine output overnight as well as overnight care.
He started vomiting again overnight at MedVet and his renal values have continued to incr ease daily. He produced urine when given lasix as a diuretic. He was on 3 different anti-vomiting medications and they still couldn't control his vomiting. Today his urine output decreased again, his BUN was over 120, his creatinine was at 10, his phosphorus was very elevated and his blood pressure, which had been staying around 150, skyrocketed to 220.. He continued to vomit and the owners elected to euthanize.
This is a very sad case - great dog, great owners who had no idea raisins could be a toxin. Please alert everyone you know who has a dog of this very serious risk.
Poison control said as few as 7 raisins or grapes could be toxic. Many people I know give their dogs grapes or raisins as treats including our ex-handler's. Any exposure should give rise to immediate concern.
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What a sad, sad story. I had read about it before and then recently found my friend giving my dog grapes. She had only eaten 2 or so when I showed up. I'm glad I showed up when I did.
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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Carol, was this recent?
I ask because this is by no means new information. In fact, the grapes-and-raisins info has come up on this forum several times and is on every list I have seen on the internet of toxic produce for dogs.... for a couple of years now.
The American Poison Control Center was reporting on this in 2003, but it was first "pattern-recognized" before 2000.
I'm glad you posted it, because obviously the news is not getting around the way it should. :>(
Maybe we can all make a point of telling a fellow dog-owner (and toss in avocados and apple pips, too, because I find that some people don't know about their toxicity to dogs yet).
It's so tragic that this information is not wide-spread.
Carol Boche Webboard User Reg: 10-30-2005
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I have known about grapes for a long time also. It just seems really sad that if this is a "new" case, that the vet did not know about it but rather had only heard about it........
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