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DIAMOND DOGFOOD STILL DEADLY
Apr 5, 2006

Focus:Animal Welfare
Action Request:Read
Location:United States
PLEASE BE VERY CAREFUL WHAT YOU FEED YOUR DOG !!  THE DIAMOND DOG FOOD SCARE IS NOT OVER BY A LONG SHOT !!  PLEASE READ THIS AND ALSO PAY ATTENTION TO THE ALERTS THAT ARE TRAVELING AROUND CARE2 AND BEYOND ABOUT THIS DEADLY SITUATION !!!

LOVE, LINDA


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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 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 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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Posted: Wednesday April 5, 2006, 3:16 am
Tags: food animal dogs poison welfare [add/edit tags]

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