{"topic_id":"pet_tox_onion_garlic_thresholds","category":"pet-toxicology","context":"---\ntopic_id: pet_tox_onion_garlic_thresholds\ncategory: pet-toxicology\ntitle: \"Pet acute-toxicity numeric thresholds — onion / garlic (Allium, dogs & cats)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Some food toxic for pets (peer-reviewed review, PMC2984110, Tavily server-side extract 2026-07-21)\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/pmc-pet-food-toxic-pmc2984110.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-22\ntokens_estimated: 240\nverified: true\nsource_document: \"ASPCA / pet toxicology reference\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Some food toxic for pets\"\n  title: \"Pet acute-toxicity numeric thresholds — onion / garlic (Allium, dogs & cats)\"\n  url: \"https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2984110/\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-22\"\n  ref: \"\"\n  doc_type: \"official PDF\"\n  needs_review: true\nlicense: cc_by\nauthority_tier: T2\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T2:oa-journal\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-04\n---\n\n# Pet acute-toxicity numeric thresholds — onion / garlic (Allium, dogs & cats)\n\n## Claims (C1 — verbatim substrings of source_file)\n\n- `Consumption of as little as 5 g/kg of onions in cats or 15 to 30 g/kg in dogs has resulted in clinically important hematologic changes`\n- `Onion toxicosis is consistently noted in animals that ingest more than 0.5% of their b. wt. in onions at one time.`\n- `Cats are more susceptible than dogs.`\n- `Garlic (_Allium sativum_) is considered to be less toxic and safe for dogs than onion when used in moderation.`\n- `Garlic is toxic also for horses, at a daily dose of >0.2 g/kg causes Heinz body anemia in them`\n- `The toxic components in all type of onions, garlic, leeks, shallots, and other plants of the _Allium_ family, are sulfoxides and aliphatic sulfides`\n\nSource: `pdf-raw/pmc-pet-food-toxic-pmc2984110.txt` — first-hand peer-reviewed review \"Some food toxic for pets\" (PMC2984110, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2984110/), Tavily server-side extract 2026-07-21. Numeric thresholds are verbatim substrings of this source.\n\n## License & attribution\n\nSource abstracts / records are Open Access under Creative Commons. Each referenced\nstudy is reproduced with attribution under its specific CC license (CC BY / CC BY-NC /\nCC BY-NC-ND); the exact license variant for each reference is stated on its Europe PMC /\nPMC record. Original records:\n- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2984110/\n","sources":["Some food toxic for pets — Pet acute-toxicity numeric thresholds — onion / garlic (Allium, dogs & cats) (retrieved 2026-07-22)"],"source":{"authority":"Some food toxic for pets","title":"Pet acute-toxicity numeric thresholds — onion / garlic (Allium, dogs & cats)","url":"https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2984110/","retrieved":"2026-07-22","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"ASPCA / pet toxicology reference","verification_file":"pdf-raw/pmc-pet-food-toxic-pmc2984110.txt"},"source_document":"ASPCA / pet toxicology reference","source_file":"pdf-raw/pmc-pet-food-toxic-pmc2984110.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T2","fidelity":"verbatim","license":"cc_by","display_grade":"A"},"tokens_estimated":397,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}