Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Pet Food Recall News

Blue Buffalo has announced a voluntary recall of certain lots of Homestyle Recipe Healthy Weight, Chicken Dinner with Garden Vegetables due to possible aluminum metal contamination.
Ingestion of metal can lead to choking on discomfort, and, in worst cases, result in death. Please see the affected products at this link:

http://blog.theanimalrescuesite.com/bluebuff-recall/?utm_source=ars-arsfan&utm_medium=social-fbpc&utm_term=ARSFAN-PC-bluebuff-recall-5cCPM-W30-KWdogs-Dupe1&utm_campaign=PC-bluebuff-recall&origin=ars_arsfan_social_fbpc_PC_bluebuff-recall

Thursday, February 23, 2017

Important News about FIV+ Cats -- they can live fine with FIV- cats!

Great news!

Purdue University’s College of Veterinary Medicine conducted a long-term study in cat shelters and drew two conclusions: FIV-positive cats can live with FIV-negative cats and not infect the FIV-negative cats during normal day-to-day interaction; and mother cats infected with FIV don’t pass the virus on to their kittens. The study was conducted by Dr. Annette L. Litster of the college’s Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences.

Learn more:

http://www.catster.com/lifestyle/cat-health-vet-study-fiv-positive-cats-living-together