Bread Dough Toxicity in a Dog | VETgirl Veterinary CE Videos

In this VETgirl online veterinary CE video, we demonstrate how to treat raw bread dough toxicosis in a dog. While baked bread is not a poisoning issue, raw bread dough is due to the yeast within it. The warm stomach of the dog acts as an “artificial oven“ as it is moist and warm. It results in carbon dioxide and ethanol formation as the yeast is metabolized. For this reason, raw bread dough toxicosis can result in both a gastric dilatation volvulus (GDV) and ethanol toxicosis! If the patient is completely a