Pet Food Recalls and Pet Food Contaminants in Small Animals

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 237-250

  Bischoff, Karyn ^a,b   Rumbeiha, Wilson K ^c  

^a New York State Animal Health Diagnostic Center   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Cholecalciferol; Cyanuric acid; Melamine; Thiamine; Vitamin B 1; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; AFLATOXIN B1; AMANITIN; BICARBONATE; CITRATE POTASSIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; CYANURIC ACID; ERGOCALCIFEROL; FAMOTIDINE; GLUCOSE; IRON; MELAMINE; MICROCYSTIN; PARACETAMOL; PHALLOIDIN; PHOSPHINE; RODENTICIDE; SILYMARIN; SUCRALFATE; THIAMINE; VITAMIN B GROUP; VITAMIN K GROUP; XYLITOL;

AFLATOXICOSIS; ANIMAL FOOD; CRYSTALLURIA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLUID THERAPY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRODUCT RECALL; REVIEW; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; UROLITHIASIS; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VITAMIN D INTOXICATION;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOODBORNE DISEASES; PRODUCT RECALLS AND WITHDRAWALS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84857575135     PISSN: 01955616     EISSN: 18781306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2011.12.007     Document Type: Review

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