Corn vs. Pets (A Post from June 2010)
Krogers having issues with corn, who is next? http://www.tennessean.com/article/20110104/BUSINESS01/101040326/Recall+investigators+find+Kroger+pet-food+grains+had+elevated+toxin+level
We hope that this post in June discouraged some pet owners from feeding diets with corn. Watch for more posts from Dr. Pusillo on possible dangers in the future for our pets.
A large increase in gastrointestinal abnormalities have been getting more frequent as temperature and humidity cause corn ingredients to express their inherent mycotoxins, mold and wild yeast content.
If any of the first ingredients of your dog or cat food contains “ground yellow corn, corn starch, corn meal, corn gluten meal, corn germ meal, kibbled corn, hominy feed, corn gluten feed, toasted corn flakes, gelatinized corn flour, corn flour, corn bran, corn feed meal, cracked corn, ground corn, corn grits, or screened cracked corn;” watch your pets poop each time you scoop.
If the fecal matter is sticking all over the hair around the anus more than it ever has, then your little pooper is going to outgrow its scooper. As mold and mycotoxins start to rage war on your pet, your pooper scooper will be in great demand all around your house and yard. Watch out for soft and/or loose stools, a fresher diet might be the solution! Just ask these corn eating cats and dogs…
These aren't dogs and cats, why are they eating corn? Won't their faces be red when someone tells them carnivores are suppose to eat corn.
By: Dr. Gary Pusillo
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Posted on January 11, 2011 at 10:39
Gary wrote :
The corn storage situation in the southern states will soon cause mycotoxin problems greater than I could ever have predicted for 2011. Areas of our country that rarely experience snow, are currently getting hammered with the worst snow amounts in decades. The huge storage bins of corn that were filled while temperatures were warm, will start to experience extreme surface cooling. Once the weather improves and temperatures get back to a normal pattern, the storage bins and their contents will “sweat;” water will migrate and molds that were dormant will begin to grow like crazy. There are over 200 mycotoxins that have been identified in grains. New mycotoxins and their effects are continually being discovered. While livestock professionals, veterinarians, and nutritionists have a working knowledge of most of the common mycotoxins , pet professionals, veterinarians and nutritionists rarely recognize the dire effects that mycotoxins have on dogs and cats. Anyone feeding corn and soybean based pet foods should seek out a veterinarian and professional animal nutritionist that has formal education in recognizing and dealing with the problems associated with molds and mycotoxins. Dog and cat owners need to consider mycotoxins as a possible primary factor affecting health, behavior, and appearance if last years corn and soybean crop are contained in their commercial diets.
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