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A warning: Christmas leftovers can kill pets

 
 
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Reply Tue 28 Dec, 2004 07:23 pm
"Certain foods attack red blood cells??" Would you care to enlighten me as to just which foods those are, and how they attack them?
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Reply Tue 28 Dec, 2004 09:00 pm
It should read red blood cell membranes.


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Onions and garlic contain an alkaloid disulfide compound that is toxic to red blood cell membranes and irreversibly denatures hemoglobin. This compound is toxic to several species including dogs and cats.
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