March 2019
Hill's Pet Nutrition Voluntary Canned Dog Food Recall: United States. Hill's Pet Nutrition is expanding its voluntary recall of canned dog food products due to elevated levels of Vitamin D.
This expansion relates to the same vitamin premix that led to the Jan. 31 voluntary recall. Please review the full list of recalled products below including the additional products added March 20, 2019.
January 2019
Hill’s Pet Nutrition Voluntarily Recalls Select Canned Dog Food for Excessive Vitamin D
December 2018
FDA Alerts Pet Owners about Potentially Toxic Levels of Vitamin D in Several Dry Pet Foods
The FDA is alerting pet owners and veterinary professionals about recalls of several dry dog foods after receiving complaints that dogs eating the food experienced vitamin D toxicity.
January 2018
Canine Influenza - Can It Affect Your Cat?
Cats infected with H3N2 canine influenza show signs of upper respiratory illness, such as runny nose, congestion, malaise, lip smacking, and excessive salivation. ... Most dogs recover in 2-3 weeks.January 10, 2018
Dog Flu Circulating In South Bay
SOUTH BAY AREA — People aren't the only ones suffering from flu this winter - dog flu is circulating among canines in the South Bay, veterinary sources report. Canine influenza is a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by Type A influenza viruses known to infect dogs, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Symptoms include cough, runny nose, fever, lethargy, eye discharge, and a reduced appetite. No human infections of canine influenza have ever been reported.
Canine influenza (CI), or dog flu, is a highly contagious viral infection affecting dogs and also cats.Canine influenza is transmitted through droplets or aerosols containing respiratory secretions from coughing, barking and sneezing. Dogs in close contact with infected dogs in places such as kennels, groomers, day care facilities and shelters are at increased risk of infection. CI can be spread indirectly through objects (e.g., kennels, food and water bowls, collars and leashes) or people that have been in contact with infected dogs. It is important to clean and disinfect objects that have been in contact with an infected dog to avoid exposing other dogs to the virus. Likewise, people who have been in contact with an infected dog should wash their hands and clean their clothing to avoid spreading the virus.
March 2016
Medical alert dog has saved owner's life thousands of times in 3 years
In three-and-a-half years, Magic the medical alert dog, trained to monitor type 1 diabetes, has saved owner Claire Pesterfield's life some 3,500 times by warning of dangerous blood sugar shifts that her body cannot signal. Researchers are also testing dogs' ability to detect cancer through changes in urine chemistry and other applications for their highly sensitive noses.
February 2017
Evanger’s Voluntarily Recalls Hunk of Beef Because Of Pentobarbital Exposure in one Batch of FoodThe specifically-identified lot numbers (as detailed below) of cans of 12-oz Hunk of Beef being voluntarily recalled were distributed to retail locations and sold online in the following States: Washington, California, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, and were manufactured the week of June 6 – June 13, 2016. See link below for more details:
CDC Issues Yellow Fever Alert for Brazil
January 2017
FDA is cautioning pet owners to keep skin cancer cream fluorouracil away from pets. The skin cream is sold under the brand names Carac, Efudex, and Fluoroplex. Several dogs have died after ingesting this medication.
The J.M. Smucker Company announced a voluntary recall on certain lots of 9Lives, EverPet, and Special Kitty canned cat food due to possible low levels of thiamine. Please click on the link for more information: http://fox43.com/2017/01/03/j-m-smucker-company-recalls-certain-canned-cat-food/
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