HERB - Mint, yet again!

[Sandy M Koenig]

I would think that dogs can get sick just like we can, but, their systems
are much stronger.   think of the wild dogs.  Lord only knows what they
eat.   Dr. Pitcairn says you can give dogs raw meat, eggs and vegetables.
  My mother used to cook an egg every morning for her dog.   I give my
dogs raw eggs, but cooked meat or chicken.   Just depends on what you
feel comfortable with.   My dogs haven't shown any ill effects from the
raw eggs, but I do try to give them cooked food most of the time, just to
be safe.

Raven


On Tue, 16 Jun 1998 13:55:58 -0400 "Gaylin Walli"
<g.walli at infoengine.com> writes:
>Joanna asked:
>>It may be a stupid question, but can dogs get sick from salmonella?  
>I
>>doubt it with the kind of stuff they eat!
>
>Good question. PETA, the ASPCA, and Humane Society haven't given
>me any info on this. I called and checked their websites. Didn't
>call any vets though. Only quick searches of the websites, though.
>YMMV.
>
>>When my eggs get too old to cook with, I generally wipe them off with
>>bleach or alcohol, make a small hole at each end,  and blow the 
>contents
>>into a bowl, saving the shells for decorating.  (Don't go there!)  Am 
>I
>>courting a salmonella disaster, or is disinfecting the shells enough?
>
>Doubtful. As long as you don't suck the egg contents into your mouth
>and if you thoroughly wash your hands and the egg shells before and
>after, and if you've stored your eggs properly (not in the egg door of
>your fridge and below 40 F) I think you've covered most of the bases.
>
>This, however, is solely my uneducated opinion. The eggs *are* 
>sanitized
>prior to selling them to you. Assuming you don't buy them from your
>neighbor, that is. The number of chickens that actually are suspected
>of passing on the bacteria to eggs and the number of eggs that 
>actually
>contain the bacteria are actually very very low according to the
>statistics published by the FDA.
>
>One important thing to know, according to the FDA and the Egg Council,
>the Salmonella enteritidis bacteria cannot survive temperatures in
>excess of 140 degrees F. If you could figure out a way to boil shells
>without damaging when empty, this would definitely help you out with
>anything that might have stuck to the inside.
>
>>This may be off-topic for herbs, but the subject has me intrigued.  I
>>remember when eggs were a "pure" food.
>
>They still are. Just use common sense. And I don't think that the
>subject is off base. We might use eggs in our herbal preparations,
>say lotions or salves or shampoos or soaps. Better share the safety
>information and our concerns than keeping quiet and feeling guilty
>later on when we hear that Mast Soandso got poisoned, right?
>
>Jasmine de Cordoba, Midrealm
>g.walli at infoengine.com or jasmine at infoengine.com
>
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