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PMI reports it has contacted retailers and has asked them to notify consumers. The diets should not be given to pets, the company reported.
The lot and formula numbers are located on the back of each specific product bag.
Customers who purchased the product can receive a full refund. For more information on the product recall, you may contact your retailer or the company’s customer service department at 855-863-0421, extension 224) between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. is pleased to provide funds to Minnesota Spay Neuter Assistance Program (MN SNAP) to hold a spay/neuter clinic for low-income people to have their pets altered (cats, dogs, rabbits). We provided a grant to help with the July 18-21 clinic in Thief River Falls. The MN SNAP mobile unit will be at the Pennington County Humane Society on those days. If you know anyone in that area who needs financial assistance spaying/neutering their pets, they can contact the Humane Society at 218-681-8045 for more information and to schedule.
Use your Frontline! If you have questions about tick prevention – please ask. Remember, ticks carry Lyme Disease and Anaplasmosis (in addition to several other diseases).
This tick was found attached to a patient’s tongue (thanks for the update Minnesota Spay and Neuter Program). Just another reminder about dogs and this heat! I got several calls at the clinic this last week about whether or not it was safe to take dogs for walks during this heat wave. Not only is the air temperature dangerous but the severe temperature of the roads and sidewalks that they are walking on with bare feet!
http://www.philly.com/philly/health/161588405.html?cmpid=15585797#ixzz1zyaMRElX West Nile virus is typically rare in dogs, although it has been seen. People should be more careful when it comes to this virus. However, make sure that your dog has been tested for Heartworm disease and is on monthly Heartworm prevention.
Picnics, summertime, and fireworks! If your pup is not a fan of fireworks click the link below to hear some helpful tips from their Training and Behavior Manager, Paula Zukoff. Food safety tips from the USDA after the massive storms that caused power outages: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/NR_070212_01/index.asp This week’s record high temperatures are causing toxic blue-green algae blooms in many lakes, streams and ponds. The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) says people should be on the lookout for water that looks like pea soup, or that contains green, blue, white, red or brown scum. The DNR is advising people to stay out of water that looks suspicious and make sure children or pets do not swim in or drink water that’s affected. Here is a link to a good article on Blue-Green Algae in pets by Dr.Justine Lee of Pet Poison Helpline: http://www.petmd.com/blogs/thedailyvet/jlee/2012/may/bluegreen_algae_poisonous_to_dogs#.T_hpwXBSnZz Here is information directly from Pet Poison Helpline: http://www.petpoisonhelpline.com/poison/blue-green-algae/
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