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« on: March 28, 2006, 03:25:46 pm »
FIY, this was on another board I am on.
Permission to cross post has been given - apparently not all of the contaminated food has been recalled - fyi
> ; "AMERICAN CHESAPEAKE CLUB"
>
> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 12:39 PM
> Subject: [CBRS4ME] Diamond Dog Food
>
>
> >
> > PERMISSION TO CROSSPOST FAR AND WIDE
> >>
> >> Subject: DIAMOND
> >>
> >> Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 10:23:45 EST
> >>
> >> You may think the Diamond food scare is over, or that only a limited
> >> amount of product is involved. Not so.
> >>
> >> On Monday, March 6 - after 3 feedings of Diamond's Premium Edge
> > Chicken,
> >> Rice and Vegetables - we almost lost 3 of our 4 GSDs. The only reason
> > it
> >> did! n't effect the 16 week old is because we kept her on other feed.
> >> Within 20 minutes of ingesting their dinner, 2 of the dogs proceeded
> > to
> >> vomit dark green undigested food and within another 2 minutes they
> > were
> >> foaming at the mouth and stiff-leg gaiting. Another 5 minutes and they
> >
> >> were having what I - as a nurse - would refer to as petit mal
> > seizures.
> >> After a traumatic night at the local emergency clinic, the diagnosis
> > was
> >> "food intoxication from Premium Edge kibble".
> >>
> >> The following day, upon contacting Diamond in Meta, Missouri, I was
> >> assured they would work with me in this and stand behind their
> >> product....the reimbursement for any and all vet care, etc was also
> >> discussed. Upon asking for financial assistance for a test Diamond
! > >> requested at Cornell ($300.00/dog minimum) - a test that per my vet
> > and
> >> those at Cornell said was a CYA call on Diamond's part - they changed
> >> their mind on "helping out". I refused that particular test, awaiting
> >> results from another analysis on samples.
> >>
> >> Notification came yesterday from University of Missouri Vet Met
> >> Diagnostic Lab: "Each of the four submitted samples of dog food
> >> contained approximately 0.5 ppm of vomitoxin, as detected by thin
> > layer
> >> chromotography ...".
> >>
> >> Judging from no reference to this on Premium Edge's website
> > (incredible
> >> how many products Diamond makes but very difficult to trace back to
> > them
> >> - each feed/product seems to have it's own website/contact), no
> > contact
> >> as! of yet from Diamond and certainly no "standing behind" their
> > product
> >> it appears they are not overly concerned about their consumers.
> >>
> >> Research your food thoroughly. If it is even remotely related to
> > Diamond
> >> - DO NOT FEED!! If you are so inclined, please write concerns to
> > Diamond
> >> - you can reference me if so desired. My particular contact was Dr.
> >> Brookshire, Director of Veterinary Services.
> >>
> >> Christine Buff
> >>
> >> Sr. K9 Handler/Trainer, Highland SAR
> >>
> >> Member, Rescue International
> >>
> >> K9 Director, New York State Federation of SAR
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