title: Pet food recalls and pet food contaminants in small animals.
abstract: Most pet foods are safe, but incidents of chemical contamination occur and lead to illness and recalls. There were 11 major pet food recalls in the United States between 1996 and 2010 that were due to chemical contaminants or misformulations: 3 aflatoxin, 3 excess vitamin D3, 1 excess methionine, 3 inadequate thiamine, and 1 adulteration with melamine and related compounds and an additional 2 warnings concerning a Fanconilike renal syndrome in dogs after ingesting large amounts of chicken jerky treat products. This article describes clinical findings and treatment of animals exposed to the most common pet food contaminants.
authors.affiliation: New York State Animal Health Diagnostic Center, PO Box 5786, Room A2, 232, Ithaca, NY 13081, USA. KLB72@cornell.edu
authors.forename: Karyn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bischoff
authors.forename: Wilson K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Rumbeiha
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000628:therapy; D002415:Cats; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000628:therapy; D004285:Dogs; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D057051:Product Recalls and Withdrawals