Just read this in the LA Times.
Nutro is recalling it’s dry cat food because of unusually high Zinc levels. All packaging that falls between “best if used by” date of May 12, 2010 and Aug. 22, 2010 is being recalled. The pet food items should be returned for a refund or exchange.
I hadn’t really heard of a recall on pet food because of high Zinc levels, but it’s happened before, notibly with ChemNutra in 2007.
Zinc toxicity isnt something I often hear about in pet health world. But zinc poisoning disrupts the digestive process, and in some cases it’s been reported that dogs have encountered organ failure.
Zinc falls under my “too much of one thing can’t be good” category.