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Click here for a list of all the different foods, regardless of the source; it includes treats, dry and wet foods for dogs.
It has been found that melamine, cyanuric acid and perhaps rat poison are the causes of the kidney failure in cats and dogs.
The University of Guelph has done some investigating, and you can Click here to read more about it.
It's hard to believe, but there are over 3500 DOG food/treat items affected by the recall by the end of the 2nd month of the recall. There needs to be some major rethinking done to make sure this never ever happens again. We are luckier than the people in South Africa; they also get their oat products from China, and almost ALL of their food has been recalled.
I know of one Cavalier, a 7 year old B&T, heart clear, who has died from this poisoning; good news though, not a local one.
If you are using one of the foods, STOP IMMEDIATELY. Find a good quality DRY food, making sure that the word "gluten" or corn/rice/wheat (any of these) protein is not present, and use that.
If you have been using one of the suspect foods, what symptoms should you look for?
If your dog shows 2 of these symptoms, or if any ONE of them is bad, RUSH to your vet.
When an animal shows signs of kidney failure, they have already lost 66% of kidney function
Many manufacturers have been affected and below are links to the pages:
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HERE for MENU FOODS with many popular brands;
HERE for Delmonte FOODS for treats and some food.
In a letter from the FDA (US Food and Drug Administration),dated Jan. 8 to Iams urged them to remove chromium tripicolinate from the products but did not ask for a recall.
In 1996, the FDA said it would not block the use of low levels of chromium tripicolinate as a source of supplemental chromium in diets for pigs. But that did not apply to other animal food. Chromium can affect the metabolism of glucose in animals.
Iams requested that decision concerning swine be extended to its products for overweight pets, but FDA said it denied the request (One should be asking why not now!). It said a 2006 letter from Iams did not contain sufficient information to address safety concerns.
Iams will remove the ingredient from its Veterinary Diets cat and dog food, spokesman Kurt Iverson said. The products are sold by prescription only for overweight pets. They have used chromium tripicolinate as a metabolism enhancer, Iverson said.
The letter is part of an "ongoing dialog" with the FDA, Iverson said.
The FDA considers chromium tripicolinate to be genotoxic, meaning it can damage DNA and cause mutations and tumors.
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