MSU researchers linked a group of illnesses reported in dogs nationwide to Blue Buffalo Co. dog food.
The sick dogs were between 8 months and 8 years old and showed symptoms of weight loss, loss of appetite, kidney damage and increased thirst and urination.
MSU’s Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health is working with the Michigan Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration to investigate the food, said center director Carole Bolin in a statement.
Blood samples from all 16 dogs tested with the illnesses had found very high levels of vitamin D.
Blue Buffalo Co. since has issued a voluntary recall.
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