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Posted by Charla Dawson Apr 9, 2007 |
A new article from the associated press says 3 out of every 10,000 dogs and cats that ate the contaminated food developed kidney failure.
Banfield, a veterianary hospital chain, saw a marked increase in the cases of kidney failure during the three month period the food was sold. Banfield also noted an increase in the cases of kidney failure in cats during this period which suggests the contaminate was more dangerous to cats versus dogs.
Because of the size of the Banfield practice they are able to give us, and the FDA, a good idea of just how devastating the contaminated pet food was to cats and dogs. Unfortunately, because there is no CDC for animals we may never have an exact number of pets that were made sick or killed from eating contaminated food.
For more information and to read the new Associated Press article: Thousands of pets probably sickened by food.