Zinc boosts the immune system and the quality of your dog’s skin and fur.
Tips: Best Given With a Meal or After Meals
Warnings: Zinc does have a toxicity level in the body but because there is no way to store Zinc in the vital organs, toxic levels of Zinc come from one time large doses. Single doses of 225mgs to 450 mgs will cause vomiting in a dog. Lethal doses of Zinc begin at about 900mgs.
Signs of a Zinc deficiency
- Digestive Issues
- Immune system
- Thyroid issues
- Fertility issues
- Bone and joint problems
- Decreased healing of wounds
- Dermatosis (common in huskies)
- Most meats, 100 grams yield 100 mgs of Zinc ( beef, chicken, duck, pork, salmon)
- 100 grams of the following foods yield Zinc in the following quantities:
- Turkey 120mgs
- Lamb 150mgs
- Liver 130mgs
- Eggs 70mgs
- Apples, blackberries, and strawberries 100mgs
- Plain yogurt 200mgs
- Carrots (raw) 50 mgs
- Potato (baked) 120 mgs
- Pumpkin 100 mgs
- Sweet potato and yams 100mg
Tips: Best Given With a Meal or After Meals
Warnings: Zinc does have a toxicity level in the body but because there is no way to store Zinc in the vital organs, toxic levels of Zinc come from one time large doses. Single doses of 225mgs to 450 mgs will cause vomiting in a dog. Lethal doses of Zinc begin at about 900mgs.