Melamine to Frankenprey: A Documented Journey |
| Written by Tracy Dion |
| Wednesday, September 16, 2009 02:23 PM |
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1. Board on Agriculture, Nutrient Requirements of Cats, rev. ed. The National Academies Press, 1986, 30.
2. Claudia A. Kirk, Jacques Debraekeleer, and P. Jane Armstrong, "Normal Cats," Small Animal Clinical Nutrition, 4th ed. Walsworth Publishing Company, 2000, 297-299.
3. Henry Hurrell Clay and W. H. Bassett, Clay's Handbook of Environmental Health, 18th ed. Spon Press, 1999, 678.
4. "… Infection is now relatively rare. During 1997-2001, an average of 12 cases per year were reported. The number of cases has decreased because of legislation prohibiting the feeding of raw-meat garbage to hogs …" "Trichinellosis Fact Sheet," Centers for Disease Control.
"In the U.S., eating raw or undercooked game, such as wild boar, bear, and cougar, is most often the cause of infection in people." "Trichinosis," Oklahoma State Department of Health.
5. Walter George Bradley, Neurology in Clinical Practice, 4th ed. vol 2. Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier Science, 2004, 1575.
6. "Trichinellosis Fact Sheet," Centers for Disease Control.
Tracy Dion has had a lifelong fascination with animals. She has fostered and socialized animals in co-operation with animal rescue organizations, and is a passionate advocate of a species-appropriate nutrition for cats. Tracy is quite active on several cat food related forums, and happily shares her life with five rescued ex-feral cats: Allen, Rachel, Meghan, Spencer and Heather.
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