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It’s news that has put pet owners in a panic: Canada-based pet food manufacturer Menu Foods, Inc. has issued a recall of pet food that has been linked to kidney failure and death in dogs and cats. The pet food recall affects over 40 brands nationwide, and encompasses major retailers including Kroger and Wal-Mart.
The pet food recall was prompted when complaints and trials alerted the manufacturer to the possibility of dogs and cats being sickened by the contaminated pet food. It covers “cuts-and-gravy”-style wet dog and cat food sold in small pouches and cans and marketed under brand names including Purina, IAMS, Eukanuba and Purina. In many instances kidney failure and even death was the outcome of consumption of the Menu Food’s dog and cat food.
The contaminated pet food was produced in Menu Foods’ Emporia, Kansas facility between early December 2006 and March 2007. It is unsure thus far what part of the food is tainted; some reports cite tainted wheat gluten, but consumers will not know until further tests have been conducted by the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Menu Foods. The FDA is reporting that at least 13 animals have died due to the tainted pet food, but consumers across the country are reporting even more deaths of dogs and cats after eating tainted Menu Foods pet food.
The news has panicked pet owners, who have overloaded veterinary telephone lines and are watching their dogs and cats’ symptoms with concern. Kidney failure in pets is usually accompanied by foul breath, reduced appetite, vomiting, lethargic behavior or other signs of illness. The FDA is recommending that consumers who have purchased food subject to the pet food recall refrain from feeding the food to their pets and contact the manufacturer or retailer for a refund.
Because of the recall, many are asking about the standards as well as quality control regulations among the pet food industry. While food intended for human consumption must be carefully regulated, the pet food industry sets its own testing standards and is more self-policing than the mainstream food industry. In fact, FDA inspectors had never even been to the plant that is suspected to have produced the tainted food; the FDA places human food and health at a higher priority than those of pets. However, the adverse affects have already taken a toll on those pets that have been fed the tainted food. food now subject to the pet food recall.
Since the recall affects 53 dog food brands and 42 cat food brands with varying UPC codes, visit Menu Foods’ recall website at www.menufoods.com/recall to determine whether you have purchased food subject to the pet food recall. Menu Foods has also set up a recall information hotline at 1-866-895-2708. Immediately contact your veterinarian if your cat or dog is showing any of the symptoms stated above after consuming the tainted food.
It is important to speak with an attorney who is experienced in unsafe products if your pet had been sickened by the tainted food or if the animal died because of the cuts and gravy Menu Food. Receiving monetary compensation is a potential outcome.
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Every Working Dog handler knows that “Failure to Thrive” and “Hip Dysplasia” are big issues for Shepherds. But do you know why?
These are genetic weaknesses. The primary suspects are- pollution (air, water, soil) and a fast food diet.
According to The Royal Society of Medicine of Great Britain- Fully 90% of all chronic disease is caused by an unhealthy intestinal system!
Rescue areas can be loaded with airborne pollutants. Often times, their effect shows up long after any immediate connection can be made.
Water contaminants can include everything from, chemical spills (transmission and engine coolant are particularly toxic in small amounts) to bacteria from unseen decaying carcasses.
Commercial Dog Food Is Fast Food. Convenience has a high price.
Canned or dry dog foods are little more than empty calories, which are very difficult to process. Although they satisfy hunger, empty calories do nothing to support vitality.
Food digestion is a time sensitive process. Empty calories remain in the intestinal tract too long, where they putrefy, causing foul gas; at the same time they become a breeding ground for bacteria and pathogens.
Dry dog foods are extruded under extreme heat, destroying any nutritional value they might have had.
Although you will not find it among the ingredients, recycled restaurant grease is sprayed on dry dog foods as a flavor enhancer. Yet frying temperatures chemically alters oils, making them carcinogenic!
Open bags of dry food attract bugs and rodents who deposit eggs and leave toxic droppings.
Canned meats contain diseased meat that is unfit for human consumption. It is cooked at high temperatures to kill the pathogens, also destroying any nutritional value.
Chlorinated Water. Not only does chlorine kill pathogens and bacteria in the water, it kills the good bacteria in you dogs gut. Untreated water soon becomes stagnant. Water puddles are likely to contain engine coolant residues (carcinogenic), bug larvae, and pathogens.
It is bad enough when the family dog gets sick, but when a K9 is out of action, lives may be at stake.
When a dogs GI tract is upset, they instinctively know that eating grass and dirt will settle it. Alas, allowing them to do this could actually make matters worse! Why? Today, soil and grass is contaminated with pesticides, insecticides, inorganic fertilizers, chlorine and chemical runoff.
No wonder dogs are genetically weaker, and sicker than at any time in history. But once you remove the risks you can prevent your dogs from getting sick. But what about dogs that are already sick and genetically weak?
Most K9 Disease is Reversible!
The steps to restore (or maintain) health are relatively simple, and far less costly than vet visits, medications, or health insurance!
GI disorders develop when your dogs GI tract is out of balance. Medications treat symptoms instead of the actual cause. This is a case where the treatment needs a remedy!
The intestinal wall is the gatekeeper. This is where blood dumps the waste products and picks up the nutrients to feed your dogs body.
Once the intestinal wall is inflamed, the nutritient/waste exchange is compromised. Having no way out, waste products recirculate throughout the body causing toxic buildup. Until the inflammation is addressed, the benefits of improved diet, SBOs, or medications will be negligible!
Herbal anti-inflammatories are natural alternatives to prednisone.
Chronic inflammation leads to immune system breakdown.
Working dogs are often placed into highly stressed environments.
The best way to restore and maintain K9 balance is by first using an herbal anti-inflammatory, quickly followed by incorporating SBOs, along with a healthy diet, and unchlorinated water.
No matter what age they are when you start, you will soon see improvements in mental and physical performance.
Article Source: http://www.hobbyarticledirectory.com
The author of this article is Stephen Becker, a principal in Vitality Science, a company dedicated to natural alternatives to restore and maintain pet health.
Labradors are often known for eating anything but if you’re not feeding them dog health food at meal times, you could be causing them serious long-term harm. It’s not your fault that the dog food manufacturers are always looking for ways to boost profits and cut costs. But make sure you act before your dog ends up as a statistic on the next dog food recall list.
Not only is there the possibility of contamination, but what about the actual nutritional value of your dog’s food? With the focus on profit margins, the only thing you can be sure about is that the dog food companies want to use the cheapest ingredients they can get.
In 2007 there was a widespread recall from over 100 dog food manufacturers after it was discovered that there was melamine (a type of plastic) in much of their dog food. It was eventually traced back to a factory in China, which manufactured rice protein and wheat gluten (neither of which have any real nutritional value for a dog). So what that means is that it doesn’t matter what standards the US based company may have for their production plants if the ingredients coming into the plant are already contaminated!
And although this was a couple of years ago, recently melamine was discovered in milk powder – produced under standards for human consumption! So based on that I think that it’s safe to say that it’s only a matter of time before another similar incident occurs. I certainly don’t want to take the chance that my puppy is going to suffer because I didn’t act. At the end of the day our dogs depend on us to give them all the nutrients they need and now we also need to make sure there’s no nasty chemicals as well.
So leaving the accidental toxins aside, what other things are going into your Labrador’s food? a really nasty preservative called ethoxyquin is often present in dog food but isn’t listed. If your dog food contains fish meal it almost certainly contains ethoxyquin which has been linked to numerous allergic reactions, cancer and liver failure in dogs. Often the only time that it’s mentioned is if it’s not there!
So take a moment and check your dog’s food just to see if there is fish meal listed as an ingredient, often it’s promoted as being a source of omega 3 (which it is) but that isn’t going to offset the long term side effects that your dog is likely to suffer from continued consumption of this preservative.
All this is just scraping the surface and for the sake of your Labrador and it’s long term wellbeing, it’s vital to learn about dog health food. The best way to be absolutely certain about what you’re feeding your dog is to make it yourself.
Labradors are often known for eating anything but if you’re not feeding them dog health food at meal times, you could be causing them serious long-term harm. It’s not your fault that the dog food manufacturers are always looking for ways to boost profits and cut costs. But make sure you act before your dog ends up as a statistic on the next dog food recall list.
Not only is there the possibility of contamination, but what about the actual nutritional value of your dog’s food? With the focus on profit margins, the only thing you can be sure about is that the dog food companies want to use the cheapest ingredients they can get.
In 2007 there was a widespread recall from over 100 dog food manufacturers after it was discovered that there was melamine (a type of plastic) in much of their dog food. It was eventually traced back to a factory in China, which manufactured rice protein and wheat gluten (neither of which have any real nutritional value for a dog). So what that means is that it doesn’t matter what standards the US based company may have for their production plants if the ingredients coming into the plant are already contaminated!
And although this was a couple of years ago, recently melamine was discovered in milk powder – produced under standards for human consumption! So based on that I think that it’s safe to say that it’s only a matter of time before another similar incident occurs. I certainly don’t want to take the chance that my puppy is going to suffer because I didn’t act. At the end of the day our dogs depend on us to give them all the nutrients they need and now we also need to make sure there’s no nasty chemicals as well.
So leaving the accidental toxins aside, what other things are going into your Labrador’s food? a really nasty preservative called ethoxyquin is often present in dog food but isn’t listed. If your dog food contains fish meal it almost certainly contains ethoxyquin which has been linked to numerous allergic reactions, cancer and liver failure in dogs. Often the only time that it’s mentioned is if it’s not there!
So take a moment and check your dog’s food just to see if there is fish meal listed as an ingredient, often it’s promoted as being a source of omega 3 (which it is) but that isn’t going to offset the long term side effects that your dog is likely to suffer from continued consumption of this preservative.
All this is just scraping the surface and for the sake of your Labrador and it’s long term wellbeing, it’s vital to learn about dog health food. The best way to be absolutely certain about what you’re feeding your dog is to make it yourself.
Article Source: http://www.articlewarehouse.com
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