_PL_ Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 Australian Veterinary Association 11m · A cluster of cases of acute hepatopathy (liver failure) in Victorian dogs fed pet meat has recently been identified by the PetFAST system. This is being investigated as a potential pet food-associated adverse event, but we have not yet identified a definitive causal link. Any dogs that have eaten pet meat (especially if sourced from Victoria) and have sudden onset of vomiting, loss of appetite, excessive thirst, or jaundice should be taken to your veterinarian without delay. Your veterinarian will be able to examine your dog and do blood tests to investigate further. Veterinarians who see potential cases should log these via PetFAST. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebanne Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 https://www.facebook.com/doggiedenbairnsdale/ one of the suppliers of the possibly contaminated meat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diva Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 Maffra abattoir has been named as the source of the meat. I remember years ago dogs dying from liver failure after eating camel and horse meat - the animals had been grazing on native Indigofera species, and the naturally occurring Indospicine toxin had accumulated in the meat. Heart breaking for the owners. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asal Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 (edited) in drought conditions pattersens curse is deliberately grazed to keep conditon on the sheep and cattle until sale as they know they have to be sold by a minimum time or they will die before sale if left too long. forget the name of the toxin but they are consigned for sale for human consumption. cause of death if left on it too long? Liver failure The reason for its other name, salvation jane. saved the stock long enough to sell instead of buried. Edited July 10, 2021 by asal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boronia Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 more here https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-13/dog-owners-criticise-pet-food-regulator-as-more-dogs-die/100288144?fbclid=IwAR0n8vZltyLBQLe3zHq-rRHUf4JqSt2zSLPOPEyGND7MALhiNBgh4R75Gd4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boronia Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 and more on ABC today https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-16/dog-deaths-victoria-toxic-raw-meat-/100276936 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boronia Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 and here: Victoria's chief vet calls for stricter pet food regulations amid investigation into dog deaths https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-19/suspected-pet-food-deaths-investigated-in-victoria/100304074 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boronia Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 hummm; didn't hurry to recall that meat did you? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-20/maffra-knackery-backmans-meats-dog-food-recall/100306624 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boronia Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Today PrimeSafe and Agriculture Victoria announced indospicine as the cause of the animals' liver failure https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-21/victorian-dog-death-toxin-revealed/100311346 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diva Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-21/victorian-dog-death-toxin-indospicine-revealed/100311346 it’s turned out to be Indospicine again, same as the case I posted about earlier 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boronia Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 On 21/07/2021 at 7:37 PM, Diva said: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-21/victorian-dog-death-toxin-indospicine-revealed/100311346 it’s turned out to be Indospicine again, same as the case I posted about earlier yes Diva, and it appears the meat came from the NT and was from horse meat though Maffra District Knackery co-owner Karen Backmann said it was only traces (maybe she's telling fibs, who knows? ) here's an ABC update, it is sad reading: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-02/pet-food-crisis-deepens-with-spotlight-on-horses-recalls/100340698 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebanne Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 Poor form to pass off horse meat as beef and that's what they were doing, however they like to twist words. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asal Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 On 02/08/2021 at 6:59 AM, Boronia said: yes Diva, and it appears the meat came from the NT and was from horse meat though Maffra District Knackery co-owner Karen Backmann said it was only traces (maybe she's telling fibs, who knows? ) here's an ABC update, it is sad reading: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-02/pet-food-crisis-deepens-with-spotlight-on-horses-recalls/100340698 that is very concerning, all meat in the top end should be screened to ensure the animals have not eaten this plant? It only mentions horses and camels eat it, but I breed cattle and they eat pretty much the same as the horses, as for goats. gee they eat stuff I wouldn't have believed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corrie Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 Quote CHOICE will be sending an open letter to Minister for Agriculture David Littleproud next week calling for the long-overdue establishment of mandatory pet food safety standards in Australia. We're urging consumers to sign the letter now and let government know the time has come to better protect our pets. The move follows the latest pet food contamination incident earlier this month, in which 23 dogs in Victoria reportedly died and 67 were hospitalised due to indospicine poisoning traced to contaminated horse meat from the Northern Territory. https://action.choice.com.au/page/88671/petition/1?campaign=saferpetfood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asal Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 On 27/08/2021 at 6:02 PM, corrie said: https://action.choice.com.au/page/88671/petition/1?campaign=saferpetfood Littlepround? Hes the one who in partnership with Barnaby Joyce drafted and got passed the water trading scheme. He even created the offshore company that his family now run so he cant be accused of conflict of interest. yet he was the chairman when he created it. How can anyone with a consience turn a public property into a share market to profit share holders of what was a public asset on the driest continent on earth? whats the odds if he sees possible profit in it creating a pet meat trading scheme too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 On 02/08/2021 at 6:59 AM, Boronia said: yes Diva, and it appears the meat came from the NT and was from horse meat though Maffra District Knackery co-owner Karen Backmann said it was only traces (maybe she's telling fibs, who knows? ) here's an ABC update, it is sad reading: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-02/pet-food-crisis-deepens-with-spotlight-on-horses-recalls/100340698 A friend of mine lost her 2 greyhounds to this. She definitely thought she was feeding them beef not horse, so someone was being dishonest. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul1 Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Don't know too much about this ,, but i started to feed my dog on chicken pet mince ,, within a week he was at the vets , who told me STOP his stomach sounded like world war 3 he said ,, vet told me theres too much rubbish mixed in a lot of pet mince and he see's a lot of dogs with stomach parasite problems , because of it ,, he's only a small dog so for his night meal its not too expensive for me to feed him proper cooked chicken breast and he's good with that Vet said it goes for most butchers ,, could be maybee mine just has a sensetive stomach who knows ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boronia Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 Remote NT cattle station loses six horses to same native plant that killed 24 dogs in Victoria https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2021-09-30/indigofera-poisoning/100500520 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 (edited) I haven’t bought meat for my dogs from pet suppliers for years now. I know from past experience that when the knacker man comes to collect a dead beast they never ask if it was given medication with a withholding period, or even how it died. It could’ve been given the green dream, they don’t care. I wouldn’t feed it to my pets. I just get supermarket or butcher meat. I buy a whole raw chook for $3.90kg and chop it up. I buy lamb chop off cuts for $7kg or sometimes on special for $5kg. Free range eggs from a local grower $5 per dozen. Salmon off cuts $3 kg. Then lamb or beef heart, liver etc. all fit for human consumption. Occasionally I get some venison from a friend. They dogs loved that! Bone dust for free and the occasional road kill bunny that gets chucked in the freezer for about a month and then fed whole to them, fur, guts, the lot. Edited September 30, 2021 by Kirislin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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