Dog Owners Beware of the Potentially Toxic Diamond Pet Food
Cornell University Hospital for Animals is treating seven dogs for serious liver ailments, and at least seven others have died, after they ate what veterinarians believe is a tainted batch of dog food.
Stuart Gluckman, a suburban Rochester veterinarian and Cornell graduate, linked the food with a series of liver ailments he had seen recently. Gluckman found that all of the dogs had eaten food manufactured at Diamond Pet Foods’ Gaston, South Carolina plant. The company has recalled the food in New York and at least 20 other states. It is unknown exactly how many dogs in these states have become ill.
Gluckman and his partner, Sara Sanders, sent food samples to Cornell, where tests confirmed the presence of aflatoxin, a chemical naturally produced by the growth of the fungus Aspergillus flavus on corn.
About 19 different kinds of dog and cat food processed at the Missouri-based company’s plant in Gaston, S.C. were tainted with aflatoxin. Food bags with “Best by 01-March-07” through “Best by 11-June-07” and have a “G” in the 11th or 12th number of the date code are affected, said a statement on the Diamond Web site.
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