From:
"Sukie Crandall"
Date: 2007-05-12 21:58:24 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Natural Balance Formulations recalled...please read!
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
For recall updates of all such foods:
http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/petfood.html
There are some vets who have postulated that foods containing green peas might also play a
part in the formation of cystine stones, though I have not personally heard any vet urologists
postulate that. Cystine stones form when the levels in the diet of any of four amino acids
(building blocks of protein) are too high. That is the group nicknamed the cola grouping
because it is Cystine, Ornithine, Lysine, and Arginine. For the green pea hypothesis to make
sense it will need to be high in at least one of these, but I have not had tine to seek out
amino acid levels in green peas and then compare them to other sources. (If anyone else has
that dat and can share it and the origin of the information that could prove useful. A
Registered Dietician's help or Veterinary Nutritionist's help on that score, or that of anyone
who is a good person at looking up info from reputable resources, would sure come in handy
on this score.)
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