Dogs keep dying: Owners remain unaware of toxic dog food
Even though
Diamond, Country
Value and
Professional
brand dog foods have been recalled for containing highly toxic aflatoxins, they
have caused at least 100 dog deaths in recent weeks...
This dog died from the toxin
Even though Diamond, Country Value and Professional brand dog foods have been recalled for containing highly toxic aflatoxins, they have caused at least 100 dog deaths in recent weeks, say Cornell University veterinarians, who are growing increasingly alarmed. Some kennels and consumers around the nation and possibly in more than two dozen other countries remain unaware of the tainted food, and as a result, they continue to give dogs food containing a lethal toxin.
“Entire kennels have been wiped out, and because of the holiday these past few weeks, the dispersal of recall information was disrupted,” says Sharon Center, a professor of veterinary medicine who specializes in liver function and disease at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell, which is emerging as a central clearinghouse for information about the dog food poisoning.
Just consider this my PSA for the week.
Posted: Mon - January 9, 2006 at 06:58 AM