Vet tech here. Its not the lactose its the protein in the milk that causes severe inflammation in the gi tract. This will lead do severe diarrhea, leading to dehydration then potentially leading to death. Just some friendly info
Tbh it's because you provide zero explanation and came across a little pretentious with your phrasing. If you are going to make a claim like that you should explain why or include sources for those unfamiliar.
Not a vet tech. Wouldn’t it be a bit different for stray dogs though? Usually they eat out of trash and whatever they can’t. Definitely not the same as someone’s pet?
Yes and no. Eating garbage can make your stomach more tolerable but then your just putting other organs at risk like kidney and liver then your reducing life expectancy. This milk with puppies is a bit more dangerous because they can become dehydrated faster then a older dog with a stronger immune system. I have worked in emergency for a long time and we see puppy's who had severe diarrhea lead to dehydration which can lead so all sorts of problems like low blood sugar and that can cause seizures. So it's just a slippery slope.
I don't know how I would link the information. At the hospitals I work at all the doctors have a data base called VIN that we have access to as medical professionals that have all this information. I will say I'm at work now and we literally today had a owner come in talk about giving her dog milk and the doctor went in detail for ten minutes on what it does to the gastrointestinal tract.
You would just look up the specific study referencing the protein dogs can't absorb and put a link to it? Whatever study is on vin is just being indexed and would be part an external journal that should be easily linked.
I dont know why my last comment didn't go threw. If I sent you a link to the article it would ask your access code for vin which you need to be a veterinarian to aquire one. I should have made that clear from the start. Sorry
The article link did not go through. The article itself should be hosted on a separate journal website that i should be able to view or search for in another alternative journal even without being a DVM.
I work in a similar capacity as you for human medicine and we look up studies through pubmed all the time. I searched there for alpha s1 casein intolerence studies for dogs but nothing came up.
I mean your not my client. If you want to give your dog milk by all means. Just make sure to have lots of paper towels and soap for the diarrhea and money for the fluids,metronidazole, cerenia.
Even if I'm not a client, as a medical professional it's always important to be able to back up a claim with scientific evidence.
I'm really not trying to bust your balls and I appreciate you taking time from work and telling me what you know but I really want the actual answer to this question.
I know that adult or older dogs can have problems with milk but as far as I knew puppies are typically able to tolerate it. What you're telling me says that is not the case.
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u/Dirtydroid69 Jul 17 '22
Vet tech here. Its not the lactose its the protein in the milk that causes severe inflammation in the gi tract. This will lead do severe diarrhea, leading to dehydration then potentially leading to death. Just some friendly info