TY - JOUR
T1 - Toxicosis Caused by Melamine and Cyanuric Acid in Dogs and Cats
T2 - Uncovering the Mystery and Subsequent Global Implications
AU - Puschner, Birgit
AU - Reimschuessel, Renate
PY - 2011/3
Y1 - 2011/3
N2 - Several major pet-food and human-food safety incidents occurred worldwide between 2003 and 2008, causing illnesses and deaths in children, cats, dogs, and pigs. During the 2007 outbreak of renal failure in dogs and cats in the United States, veterinary diagnostic laboratories helped identify melamine and melamine analogues as contaminants in implicated food. In 2008, thousands of infants developed renal failure from exposure to melamine alone. Management of these outbreaks depends on the collaboration of veterinary and human laboratories and clinics, government agencies, academic institutions, and food industries, along with prompt communication and sharing of data.
AB - Several major pet-food and human-food safety incidents occurred worldwide between 2003 and 2008, causing illnesses and deaths in children, cats, dogs, and pigs. During the 2007 outbreak of renal failure in dogs and cats in the United States, veterinary diagnostic laboratories helped identify melamine and melamine analogues as contaminants in implicated food. In 2008, thousands of infants developed renal failure from exposure to melamine alone. Management of these outbreaks depends on the collaboration of veterinary and human laboratories and clinics, government agencies, academic institutions, and food industries, along with prompt communication and sharing of data.
KW - Acute renal failure
KW - Crystals
KW - Cyanuric acid
KW - Food adulteration
KW - Melamine
KW - Toxicosis
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cll.2010.10.003
DO - 10.1016/j.cll.2010.10.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 21295730
AN - SCOPUS:79551475470
VL - 31
SP - 181
EP - 199
JO - Clinics in Laboratory Medicine
JF - Clinics in Laboratory Medicine
SN - 0272-2712
IS - 1
ER -