Food
Alcohol and Raw Bread Dough
Emergency, particularly with raw dough, which both expands and ferments in the stomach.
SevereDogsCatsBirdsSmall mammals
What to do right now
- 1.Contact an emergency vet immediately
- 2.Do not induce vomiting with dough ingestion
- 3.Keep the animal warm on the way
Symptoms
- Wobbliness
- Vomiting
- Low body temperature
- Slow breathing
- Bloated painful abdomen with dough
Details
- Category
- Food
- Toxicity
- Severe
- Species affected
- Dogs, Cats, Birds, Small mammals
- Routes of exposure
- Drinking spilled drinks, eating alcohol-soaked foods, or eating rising bread dough
- Urgency
- Emergency, particularly with raw dough, which both expands and ferments in the stomach.
Veterinary treatment
Ethanol toxicosis causes central nervous system depression, hypoglycaemia and acidosis. Bread dough may need gastric decompression or surgery.