How does dog sweet potato black spot poison do?

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There is a saying on the Internet that after the sweet potato is polluted by the black spot pathogen, it will grow black spots and slowly cover the whole sweet potato. Eating by mistake will lead to poisoning and even death. The emergence of this view, scared many netizens. What is the truth of the matter? Is the sweet potato with black spots really poisonous?

How does dog sweet potato black spot poison do?

It's true that black spot sweet potato is harmful when it is eaten. Black spot sweet potato will have sweet potato ketone, sweet potato ketone alcohol and other toxic substances. If you eat such sweet potato, you will have nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and other symptoms. If you eat such sweet potato, you will feel high fever, asthma, headache, delirium, convulsion and even death.

This toxin can make sweet potatoes hard and bitter, and it is not easy to be damaged whether it is boiled, steamed or roasted. If the black spot is not big, you can use the black spot and the surrounding area of more than one centimeter to remove, pay attention to dig deeper. If the black spot affects more than half of the sweet potato, it will not have much edible value, so don't eat it.

As the black spot sweet potato can be distinguished from the smell and taste, there are relatively few cases of human poisoning. However, some people do not pay attention to the inspection when feeding animals, and sometimes lead to animal poisoning or even death. Therefore, when feeding animals with sweet potato, we should also guard against black spot sweet potato.

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Sweet potatoes with black spots may not have black spot, but may also have black spot. Nevus disease will make sweet potato water loss, skin cracking, gradually shrinking, affect the appearance and quality of sweet potato. However, nevus only affects the skin of sweet potato, not the flesh of sweet potato. If the skin is cut off when eating, the flesh of sweet potato is in good condition and does not affect eating. The two can be easily distinguished by the shape of black spots, smell and texture of peeled potato meat.