Primal Pet Foods has initiated a voluntary recall of their Feline Chicken & Salmon Formula with a “Best By” date code of 043112-17 because this product may be contaminated with Salmonella. The only product affected is limited to Feline Chicken & Salmon Formula with a “Best By” date code of 043112-17. No other Primal...
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Pets and Cars: a Potentially Deadly Combination
Even though the weather doesn’t feel like it in many places, summer is upon us! So it’s time to remind folks about the volatile combination of cars and pets. Every year, hundreds of pets, mostly dogs, die of hyperthermia from being left in the car in dangerously hot conditions. What most people don’t realize...
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Outdoor Cats’ Secret Lives
A study done at the University of Illinois tracked 42 owned outdoor and free-living cats for two years. The report, published in the Journal of Wildlife Management, found that stray/feral cats had larger territories than pet cats; in one case, the cat’s home range covered more than 1,300 acres! Unowned cats were much more...
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What if your pet gets into YOUR medications?
Great post by Dr. Patty Khuly over at PetMD on what to expect when your pet eats one of the five most-prescribed medications! (In case you’re curious, those five are: Lipitor, Nexium, Plavix, Advair, and Abilify.) Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress.
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More money, fewer vet visits
The headline read: “Revenue growth can’t hide ‘alarming’ decline in client visits.” This news, from the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, went on to note that “Income increased at many pet practices in 2010, but frequency of veterinary visits remains depressed.” In other words, fewer guardians took their pets to the vet,...
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Microchip reunites Michigan cat with owner
WEST OLIVE, Mich. (WZZM) — A lakeshore woman thought her family’s pet cat was dead weeks after it slipped out of her house. Then she received a phonecall that led to a reunion with her beloved pet — thanks to a microchip. Esther Sue is a seven-month-old house cat that likes to play fetch. But...
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More Pig Ear Chews Recalled
Two more companies are recalling pig ear dog treats after a supplier, Keys Manufacturing of Paris, IL, found that a batch of the pet chews tested positive for Salmonella. Boss Pet Products’ recall is for Diggers Natural Treat Pig Ear pet treats, and Blackman Industries of Kansas City, KS is recalling its PrimeTime brand 2...
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First aid kits recalled due to contamination
The recall of Triad Group medical products has been extended to first-aid kits used for horses and dogs. Creative Pet Products and MAI/Genesis (Veterinary Concepts), both of Wisconsin, have recalled thousands of kits because the alcohol prep pads and sterile lubricant jelly could be contaminated with Bacillus cereus bacteria. The kits were distributed in...
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Flea/Tick Drug Promeris Causes Autoimmune Disease
The flea/tick preventative Promeris Duo for dogs and cats has been proven to cause Pemphigus foliaceus, an autoimmune disease. The reaction is “rare but serious,” according to the study’s lead author, Thierry Olivry, DrVet, PhD, Dipl. ACVD, of North Carolina State University. The product, ProMeris Duo (Metaflumizone–amitraz ), which is also used for treating...
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Cats-Only Clinics becoming more popular
Cats-only clinics gain in popularity A recent article by Anne Gonzales at the Sacramento Bee (California) discussed the increasing number and popularity of cats-only veterinary clinics. Sacramento veterinarian Irene Fujishima said that offering cats-only care is important, because have different physiology as well as different personalities than dogs. Cat-exclusive clinics are calmer, without the...
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Pet “OCD”
Dr. Nicholas Dodman, director of the Behavior Clinics at the veterinary school at Tufts University, recently spoke about compulsive behaviors in animals at the conference of the The International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants. “Like people with compulsive behaviors, such as famously washing their hands until their skin is raw,” said Dodman, “animals can...
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Simple injection could cure cat allergies
Cat allergies could be cured by a simple injection, scientists hope, according to a report by Martin Beckford, Health Correspondent 7:00AM BST 02 Apr 2011, in The Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8422306/Simple-injection-could-cure-cat-allergies.html) While we’re not fans of most injections, this one may be well worthwhile for allergy sufferers who react to cats. It’s still in development in...
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Zodiac Flea Collars on “Dirty Dozen” List
In general, all medicated flea collars are toxic. And, they don't work. Herbal flea collars are safer, but...they don't work either...
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Wellness Cat Food Recall
Wellness has announced a recall of its canned cat food: Wellness Canned Cat (all flavors and sizes) with best by dates from 14APR 13 through 30SEP13; Wellness Canned Cat Chicken & Herring (all sizes) with 10NOV13 or 17NOV13 best buy dates. The manufacturer, WellPet, deserves credit for going out of its way to personally...
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Feline Nutrition Education Society
If you haven’t heard of the Feline Nutrition Education Society, please check it out, join, and if possible, volunteer. FNES is an educational group whose aim is to teach folks how to feed their cats according to their carnivorous nature; in other words, a raw-meat based diet. Their latest blog can be found here....
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Merrick Pet Treats Recalled
Merrick Pet Care has announced the recall of some of its Jr. Texas Taffy pet treats over a concern that they might be tainted with salmonella. MERRICK PET CARE RECALLS JR TEXAS TAFFY PET TREAT (ITEM # 27077, ALL LOTS UP TO AND INCLUDING 10364) BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE SALMONELLA HEALTH RISK 01.30.2011 FOR IMMEDIATE...
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Veterinarian’s Oath Revised
...the new oath applies only to veterinarians graduating in the future; current practitioners are responsible only to the old version of the oath that they swore when they graduated from vet school.
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Catch Up With Authors Jean Hofve, DVM, and Celeste Yarnall, Ph.D.
From CatChannel.com (published in Cat Fancy, December 2010 issue) Posted: October 6, 2010, 3 p.m. EDT Learn more about the inspiration behind their book, “The Complete Guide to Holistic Cat Care.” What was your inspiration behind the book? Celeste Yarnall: I raised 11 generations of championship Tonkinese over a nearly 20-year period using the...
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Kroger Dry Pet Food Recall Due to Aflatoxin
A new pet food recall was issued today for dry dog and cat foods sold at some Kroger stores in multiple states. There may be further recalls as the issue stems from an aflatoxin problem at the private label packer. Aflatoxin is a dangerous fungus sometimes found on corn and other grains. Here is...
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Pet Food, People, and the FDA
By Jean Hofve, DVM Pet food labels are plenty obscure, but labels on human food are just as bad. As you get better at assessing pet food, you’ll also want to check out a few labels at the grocery store, too. According to Dr. Joseph Mercola, in Food Labels May Be Inaccurate Despite FDA...
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Don’t miss this new blog at HuffPo!
I’m so excited to announce that my dear friend Dr. Richard Palmquist, one of the foremost holistic veterinarians in the country (if not the world) has just started a blog on Exploring Integrative Veterinary Practice, at Huffington Post! This is a dynamite alliance between one of the country’s best news sources, and the best...
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Done deal – Natura is now Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble have finalized their takeover of Natura Pet Products...I have no doubt that container ships full of substandard ingredients from China are unloading at the Port of Oakland right now.
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Nutro cat food should be recalled
What in the heck is going on with pet food lately? It seems like the bad news just keeps piling up. Nutro has been under fire for several years; there have been hundreds of reports of animals becoming sick and even dying while being fed Nutro pet foods. There is rarely a straight line...
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Quality pet food choices dwindling – Bye Bye Natura
Between P&G's mercenary marketing, rampant animal testing, and clear lack of integrity, we have to recommend a boycott against all P&G products, including their pet foods. Natura, once a trusted and reputable company, will be no more as of the day the sale to P&G closes.
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Recycling 101 for Pets
Cat owners are more educated than dog owners, so we should know better than to send cat food cans to the dump!
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Deadly airborne fungus attacks the Pacific Northwest
A potentially deadly strain of airborne fungus that can infect healthy people and animals, including cats and dogs, is spreading in the Pacific Northwest. Mortality in people is nearly 25%.
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Court goes wrong way on animal cruelty
Yesterday (April 19,2010), the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal ban on videos showing illegal or extreme violence against animals. Eight justices ruled that the existing law is too broad and therefore invalid under the First Amendment (freedom of speech). They cited concerns that the law could interfere with selling videos of legalized...
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Junk food killing pets — in France!
"Pets, like humans, are victims of junk food," he told AFP....'those fed on processed foods died three years earlier than those fed on food made in the home.'"
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