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Date Posted: Mon, Apr 03, 09:10:54pm CST
Author: Jerry
Author Host/IP: NoHost / 68.254.58.22
Subject: Re: New Dog Food Scare
In reply to: Jerry 's message, "New Dog Food Scare" on Thu, Mar 16, 03:47:36pm CST

>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 didn'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 ****ysis 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
>
>Anyone heard of this????
>
>Jerry


More info to the above:

We did have a positive result of 0.5 ppm in the samples of the Premium Edge Chicken & Rice Adult Dog that were submitted to the University of Missouri's Toxicology Lab. The FDA limit is 2 ppm in finished product. The symptoms are feed refusal, vomiting, and diarrhea above this level.

Wheat and barley are the two types of grain that are susceptible to vomitoxin, barley is an ingredient in the Premium Edge. We test all of our incoming barley and wheat mids and our rejection limit is 2.1 ppm, which is well below the 5 ppm allowed by the FDA in raw ingredients.

We offered the testing on the urine upon the recommendation of a veterinary toxicologist. He felt that there was something else that caused the problem for these dogs and that finding it in the urine was a lot easier than finding it in the food. It was not something that we did as a cover-up move and we never withdrew this offer of assistance. Maybe I did not communicate this clearly and if this is the case then I apologize.

Jerry

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