[Sca-cooks] Fwd: <SCA-Caid> Attn brewers: hops poisoning in dogs

[Susan Fox-Davis]

Good Heavens!  I'm forwarding this to the SCA Cooks list right away. 
 Folks there are also brewers and can forward to brewing lists.  I've 
checked enough other veterinary websites to convince me that it's true; 
 Snopes does not list it at all.

Selene Colfox

jaqua wrote:

>    A poisoning alert was posted to one of the Brittany lists I belong to,
>and as there are many brewers on Caid list, I thought this warning to be
>germane. There is a url at the end of the letter that leads to another
>article on hops poisoning in canines. As many dogs are known to eat
>everything edible, and most everything not, please take this warning to
>heart.
>    Allesaundra
>
>EVERYONE.........Please read this article on the Hop poisoning of dogs from
>hops. Last night my best friend passed away because I had brewed some beer.
>None of the Vets at the Emergency Animal Hospital or my own Vet knew of such
>a thing. She meant everything to this family and now she is gone. In the
>name of my dear Shamrock, please please tell this to eveyone.
>
>RAY
>http://www2.uiuc.edu/ro/BUZZ/newsletters/0796.txt
>
>