Monday, May 21, 2007

In Today's News...

Two alerts arrived from the FDA:
  • Yes, another expanded pet food recall. The list includes:
    • Doctors Foster & Smith lamb and brown rice adult dog food
    • Shop Rite Redi-Mix dog food
    • Lick Your Chops kitten and cat food
    • Shep Chunk Style dog food
    • 8 in 1 Ferret Ultra-Blend Advanced Nutrition Diet
    • Bulk Lamb & Brown Rice Formula dog food
    • Health Diet cat food chicken & rice dinner
    • Evolve Kitten Formula
  • And, as our pets live longer, there's now additional help for dogs experiencing congestive heart failure, which is more common in smaller dogs - Vetmiden is the first drug approved in over ten years to help manage the symptoms, which from the article are listed as:
Signs of congestive heart failure include fatigue and weakness, decreased ability to exercise, shortness of breath (fluid build up in the chest), increased respiratory rate, coughing, weak or irregular pulses, rapid or irregular heart beats and distended abdomen (fluid build up in the abdomen).

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