The National Animal Supplement Council is promoting the results of a study which shows that CBD is safe for dogs to use over a long period. This is an important finding, given that recent research has shown that cannabis is effective in treating conditions like anxiety and skin diseases.
The study published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science, last week, showed that a variety cannabinoids including CBD, CBDA, and CBG were “well tolerated” by healthy dogs when given at a daily dose of 5 mg per kilogram body weight.
Researchers designed a 90-day repeat-dose study that was randomized with a 2-week recovery period to investigate this issue. The researchers gave 32 healthy dogs either CBD, CBD+CBG, or CBD+CBDA, and then tested them weekly for weight, food intake, and clinical pathologies.
The study concluded that “Cannabinoids were tolerated well by healthy male and female Beagles when dosed for 90 days consecutively.” The authors concluded that “based on the available data, the substances are not a significant risk for dogs when used long-term.”
The study included a separate analysis of the NASC Adverse Events Reporting Database (NAERS), which is a robust system for tracking supplements given to companion animal.
In the period 2010-2023, CBD adverse event rates were 2.1 per million applications and 0.01 for each million applications.
Bill Bookout, the NASC president, who funded the study in a Tuesday press release, stated that the findings showed that the cannabis components examined were “safe for long-term usage in healthy dogs at the doses studied.”
No matter how carefully controlled or defined a safety study is, it will never be able to capture all the possible outcomes of a commercialized product. This safety study does not only include data from a carefully designed study protocol but also data collected over ten years after the product was launched,” stated. No other study we know of includes both data sets.
The study is a new addition to the scientific literature on cannabis and dogs.
The first peer-reviewed study on the safety of cannabidiol in healthy dogs has been published. The study found that different cannabinoids, when administered to healthy male and female dog for 90 days consecutively with a 14 day recovery period, were well tolerated.
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Another recent case study, for example, found that marijuana appears to be “a viable alternative” treatment option when dogs suffer from a skin disease common in dogs — especially if they experience side effects with conventional steroid therapy.
In a study published in January, it was found that canines who receive daily CBD doses experience “significant reductions” of stress and anxiety associated with car travel.
Another study has shown that CBD can be beneficial to dogs. For example, showed a reduced incidence of seizures in dogs receiving the cannabinoid. A study from 2018 showed that dogs suffering from arthritis saw improvements after receiving CBD treatment.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture found in August that cattle that are fed hempseed cakes retain very low levels of THC and CBD. This means that meat from these cows is safe to consume.
A 2022 federally-funded study found that giving cows hemp reduced their stress. Researchers have also studied and how CBD effects pain and stress in horses.
In 2022, the Food and Drug Administration warned a number of companies that were marketing CBD products to animals. They said that “there is a lack of data about what levels of residues can be safely consumed by humans who consume foods from animals that have been treated with CBD.”
The governor of New York, in late 2012, vetoed two bills that would have permitted hemp seeds to be added to animal feed for horses, pets and camelids , such as llamas, alpacas, and camels . She cited a lack information about safety, and demanded the state study the issue in a “rapid manner.”
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