Penny's Aunt
09-11-2000, 10:48 PM
I ran across this at another dog site (not a dachsie one) & wondered if it would help any of the people at this site, since several have posted that they have dogs with epilepsy (or something similar).
" Someone asked recently about ethoxyquin, I have this URL in my archives which offers some information; http://v2.vsquare.com/jordemm/dogfood.htm
In part it says this:
'Over the past number of years, I and other breeders have changed our dog food trying to get the best food for our animals. When the issue of ethoxyquin as a preservative came up, I had a Dachshund who was having
convulsions which were diagnosed as idiopathic epilepsy. However, a number of other factors came into play -- if it was epilepsy, why did we have hair coat loss, nails breaking and not regrowing and the premature atrophy of the iris muscles of the eyes. I came across an article re: ethoxyquin, and decided to cook my own dog food. The convusions abated and we weaned the
dog off his medication. We then switched to the natural type dog foods, and after some time we had the occasional convulsion. I then came across two articles which provided the impetus to cooking my own dog food again. After reading these articles I contacted Ann Martin. This was just at the time Nature's Recipe pulled dog food contaminated with mycotoxin due to mouldy
corn.'
There are articles there about the Ann Martin book and the rendered pets issue for the other person who wrote asking if there was more reference materials on that topic."
" Someone asked recently about ethoxyquin, I have this URL in my archives which offers some information; http://v2.vsquare.com/jordemm/dogfood.htm
In part it says this:
'Over the past number of years, I and other breeders have changed our dog food trying to get the best food for our animals. When the issue of ethoxyquin as a preservative came up, I had a Dachshund who was having
convulsions which were diagnosed as idiopathic epilepsy. However, a number of other factors came into play -- if it was epilepsy, why did we have hair coat loss, nails breaking and not regrowing and the premature atrophy of the iris muscles of the eyes. I came across an article re: ethoxyquin, and decided to cook my own dog food. The convusions abated and we weaned the
dog off his medication. We then switched to the natural type dog foods, and after some time we had the occasional convulsion. I then came across two articles which provided the impetus to cooking my own dog food again. After reading these articles I contacted Ann Martin. This was just at the time Nature's Recipe pulled dog food contaminated with mycotoxin due to mouldy
corn.'
There are articles there about the Ann Martin book and the rendered pets issue for the other person who wrote asking if there was more reference materials on that topic."