No panic pet food recalls

The following brands of pet foods have some lot numbers under recall for reasons not considered highly serious:
Diamond Pet Foods, Premium Pet Foods: cat foods, several lots, thiamine (vitamin B1) deficient.
Wysong: certain lots of dry dog foods, mold contamination (but no mycotoxins).
Nutro Products: several lots of dog foods contaminated with worker's plastic hat.

If you are feeding any of these foods please contact us and we will give you the affected lot numbers.

H1N1 in an Iowa cat

The state veterinarian's office and the Iowa Dept. of Public Health issued a press release today ( so you may see it in tomorrow's news) that the human H1N1 virus was isolated in an Iowa cat whose owners had had the H1N1 virus. Dr. Anne Garvey, Iowa Public Health veterinarian says that cats can get sick from the H1N1 virus with similar symptoms as people. In most cases the cat gets the virus from humans living in the same household. They caution people with suspected H1N1 to wash hands frequently to decrease the chance of spreading it to their cats. (A truth in blogging disclaimer: The cat in this picture is not the cat that tested positive for H1N1)