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Pet Food Recall: PURINA UR (MAYBE)
Hi,
Regarding the pet food recall and "what has yet to be officially announced". I'm concerned. Our cat, 13 yrs. old, his nose is starting to turn black on the skin. A cold? He exclusively eats Purina UR wet and dry. Earlier last week, he well, it was hacking but not tossing up a hairball. It's not easy to describe, I recognize it like a very dry smokers hack - of course he don't smoke. Sometimes, with my arm around him, well, what I think, he feels, or is it what I imagine, see in my mind, he feels. But once in awhile, when I've got nothing in this head of mine going on and my arm is around him, he twitches and or jerks. Okay, so whilst reading a newsgroup (Usenet) nearly 10 minutes ago, someone reminded me of how cats get effected by trauma. No, Oscar has not been beaten, abused ya know but, well the writer was referring to Virginia Tech April 16, 2007. "Dude: My cats know about it." So (thanks author :-)) I grabbed me a can of Purina UR. Brewers Rice Menadione F-4555 Brewers Rice: Rice has been known to be ah, comprimsed - but nothing about Purina UR -yet. What is F-4555 ? (*I've already been to http://www.purina.com, maybe they are that smart to leave ingrediant content off the web BUT, it's all printed on the can.) Menadione: Interesting! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menadione Think: Has the pet food recall effected MAN (and women) yet? Menadione is a polycyclic aromatic ketone, based on 1,4-naphthoquinone, with a 2-methyl substituent. It was formerly sometimes called vitamin K3, although derivatives of naphthoquinone without the sidechain in the 3-position cannot exert all the functions of the K vitamins. Menadione is a vitamin precursor of K2 which utilizes alkylation in the liver to yield menaquinones (MK-n, n=1-13; K2 vitamers), and hence, is better classified as a provitamin. Despite the fact that it can serve as a precursor to various types of vitamin K, menadione is generally not used as a nutritional supplement. Large doses of menadione have been reported to cause adverse outcomes including hemolytic anemia due to G6PD deficiency, neonatal brain or liver damage, or neonatal death in some cases. Moreover, menadione supplements have been banned by the FDA because of their high toxicity. Menadione has been used experimentally as a chemotherapic agent for cancer, ca 1945, but has lost ground to much safer, human form, vitamin K2 vitamers. Low level menadione is still used as an inexpensive micronutrient for livestock in many countries. Lately, menadione has been mentioned again as a treatment for cancer in conjunction with vitamin C (See "The end of cancer" by April Kirkendoll) but modern researchers and trials are investigating nontoxic K2 vitamers such as menaquinone-4[1] in conjunction with more comprehensive regimens. HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemolytic_anemia Hemolytic anemia is anemia due to hemolysis, the abnormal breakdown of red blood cells either in the blood vessels (intravascular hemolysis) or elsewhere in the body (extravascular). It has numerous possible causes, ranging from relatively harmless to life-threatening. The general classification of hemolytic anemia is either acquired or inherited. Treatment depends on the cause and nature of the breakdown. Classification of hemolytic anaemias Causes of haemolytic anaemis can be either genetic or acquired. [edit] Genetic a.. Genetic conditions of RBC membrane a.. Hereditary spherocytosis b.. Hereditary elliptocytosis b.. Genetic conditions of RBC metabolism (enzyme defects) a.. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (G6PD or favism) b.. Pyruvate kinase deficiency c.. Genetic conditions of haemoglobin a.. Sickle cell anaemia b.. Thalassaemia Non-immune mediated haemolytic anaemia (direct Coombs test is negative) a.. Membrane disorders a.. Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (rare acquired clonal disorder of red blood cell surface proteins) b.. Liver disease Methyldopa or alpha-methyldopa (brand names Aldomet®, Apo-Methyldopa®, Dopamet®, Novomedopa®) is a centrally-acting adrenergic antihypertensive medication. Its use is now deprecated following introduction of alternative safer classes of agents. However it continues to have a role in otherwise difficult to treat hypertension and pregnancy-induced hypertension. So, consider pregnancy as an analogy here please. The contanimant going around has spawned! Any concerns, yea-we've got 'em. Already called the vet too. William -- "Always remember that you are absolutely unique, just like everyone else." William K. Mahler, http://www.mahlers.com Singer - Songwriter - Photographer - Webmaster Yahoo Instant Messenger ID: mahlerscom reply: mahlers dot com at mahlers dot com |
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Pet Food Recall: PURINA UR (MAYBE)
"W. K. Mahler, Mahlers.com" wrote in message news:322Zh.590$kg1.408@trndny04... Hi, Regarding the pet food recall and "what has yet to be officially announced". Why not buy food that has no wheat or rice in it at all? |
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Pet Food Recall: PURINA UR (MAYBE)
Because pet food manufacturers are adding rice protein concentrate without
telling the pet food companies. This is true of the recent recalls that resulted from American Nutrition adding RCP to various foods without telling the pet food companies. You can't be sure what you are getting and you can't rely on the ingredients label anymore. S. "cybercat" wrote in message ... "W. K. Mahler, Mahlers.com" wrote in message news:322Zh.590$kg1.408@trndny04... Hi, Regarding the pet food recall and "what has yet to be officially announced". Why not buy food that has no wheat or rice in it at all? |
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Pet Food Recall: PURINA UR (MAYBE)
"blkcatgal" wrote in message . .. Because pet food manufacturers are adding rice protein concentrate without telling the pet food companies. This is true of the recent recalls that resulted from American Nutrition adding RCP to various foods without telling the pet food companies. You can't be sure what you are getting and you can't rely on the ingredients label anymore. S. Sue, I think you're painting with too broad a brush. I don't believe the whole industry is mislabeling. I don't believe every manufacturer adds ingredients without telling the companies. And I do think that when there has proven to be a problem with wheat and rice, if you avoid food that says "wheat" and "rice" on the label, you have a better chance of getting food without wheat or rice. "cybercat" wrote in message ... "W. K. Mahler, Mahlers.com" wrote in message news:322Zh.590$kg1.408@trndny04... Hi, Regarding the pet food recall and "what has yet to be officially announced". Why not buy food that has no wheat or rice in it at all? -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Pet Food Recall: PURINA UR (MAYBE)
"blkcatgal" wrote in message . .. Because pet food manufacturers are adding rice protein concentrate without telling the pet food companies. This is true of the recent recalls that resulted from American Nutrition adding RCP to various foods without telling the pet food companies. You can't be sure what you are getting and you can't rely on the ingredients label anymore. S. It still makes sense to me to use food in which the lable does not say wheat or rice. There should at least be a higher chance that you will not get wheat or rice in this food. And although some pet food makers are not responsible with labeling, others certainly are. "cybercat" wrote in message ... "W. K. Mahler, Mahlers.com" wrote in message news:322Zh.590$kg1.408@trndny04... Hi, Regarding the pet food recall and "what has yet to be officially announced". Why not buy food that has no wheat or rice in it at all? -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Pet Food Recall: PURINA UR (MAYBE)
"cybercat" wrote in message .. . Hmm, I got the message the first one did not go through ... |
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Pet Food Recall: PURINA UR (MAYBE)
Well, I agree that your best bet is to try and buy foods that don't have
grains. But I have to tell you, that I was greatly surprised and disappointed when I found out that the pet food company added rice protein to the food that I was feeding my cat and it was not disclosed in the ingredients. And the rice protein was tainted with melamine. I was lucky....the bag of food I had was purchased before the company decided to change the formula. I try to feed my cats grain free foods, especially my one guy that has food allergies. S. "cybercat" wrote in message .. . "blkcatgal" wrote in message . .. Because pet food manufacturers are adding rice protein concentrate without telling the pet food companies. This is true of the recent recalls that resulted from American Nutrition adding RCP to various foods without telling the pet food companies. You can't be sure what you are getting and you can't rely on the ingredients label anymore. S. Sue, I think you're painting with too broad a brush. I don't believe the whole industry is mislabeling. I don't believe every manufacturer adds ingredients without telling the companies. And I do think that when there has proven to be a problem with wheat and rice, if you avoid food that says "wheat" and "rice" on the label, you have a better chance of getting food without wheat or rice. "cybercat" wrote in message ... "W. K. Mahler, Mahlers.com" wrote in message news:322Zh.590$kg1.408@trndny04... Hi, Regarding the pet food recall and "what has yet to be officially announced". Why not buy food that has no wheat or rice in it at all? -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Pet Food Recall: PURINA UR (MAYBE)
"blkcatgal" wrote in message . .. Well, I agree that your best bet is to try and buy foods that don't have grains. But I have to tell you, that I was greatly surprised and disappointed when I found out that the pet food company added rice protein to the food that I was feeding my cat and it was not disclosed in the ingredients. And the rice protein was tainted with melamine. I was lucky....the bag of food I had was purchased before the company decided to change the formula. I try to feed my cats grain free foods, especially my one guy that has food allergies. Understood. We are trusting these people we don't know with the lives of our pets, and we really have no choice in the matter. It's tough. |
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Pet Food Recall: PURINA UR (MAYBE)
cybercat wrote:
"blkcatgal" wrote in message . .. Well, I agree that your best bet is to try and buy foods that don't have grains. But I have to tell you, that I was greatly surprised and disappointed when I found out that the pet food company added rice protein to the food that I was feeding my cat and it was not disclosed in the ingredients. And the rice protein was tainted with melamine. I was lucky....the bag of food I had was purchased before the company decided to change the formula. I try to feed my cats grain free foods, especially my one guy that has food allergies. Understood. We are trusting these people we don't know with the lives of our pets, and we really have no choice in the matter. It's tough. Take the food into a local lab for analysis. |
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Pet Food Recall: PURINA UR (MAYBE)
"cybercat" wrote in :
"blkcatgal" wrote in message . .. Well, I agree that your best bet is to try and buy foods that don't have grains. But I have to tell you, that I was greatly surprised and disappointed when I found out that the pet food company added rice protein to the food that I was feeding my cat and it was not disclosed in the ingredients. And the rice protein was tainted with melamine. I was lucky....the bag of food I had was purchased before the company decided to change the formula. I try to feed my cats grain free foods, especially my one guy that has food allergies. Understood. We are trusting these people we don't know with the lives of our pets, and we really have no choice in the matter. It's tough. Sure we have a choice. Make your own cat food. I just got a book and am researching the process. After purchasing the required vitamins, minerals and other additives it doesn't look that difficult. I'll soon find out. -- Untie the two knots to email me Every silver lining has a cloud. |
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