Congratulations to Charles and Marjorie Mize of Spirit Lake, Iowa, with their new Amateur Field Champion! AFC TONKAH DAKOTAH SHOONKA MH earned his AFC title by placing 2nd at the Kansas City Retriever Club Trial this past weekend. His amateur win came at the Metro Retriever Club trial in the spring of 2011. ‘Dakotah’ is out [...]

The abundance of cattle is the primary influence on the prevalence of two tick-borne pathogens, according to a paper in the April Applied and Environmental Microbiology. One of these, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, causes human granulocytic anaplasmosis, and the other, Borrelia burgdorferi, causes Lyme disease. Although other studies have examined the effect of hosts on tick and [...]

A 14-year-old Texas girl was finally cured of an oft-fatal emerging disease when doctors amputed her lower leg, where the infection arose, after various antimicrobials proved ineffective. The culprit was Pythium insidiosum, a fungus-like microbe which rarely causes disease in humans and then primarily in Thailand. The case “clearly highlights the need for clinicians to [...]

Congratulations to Hank and Linda Knoblauch of Minnesota on their new Field Trial Champion. FC DOMINATOR BOOTS SHE WORTH IT earned her Field Trial Champion title by winning the Open at the South Louisiana Retriever Club Field Trial the end of February handled by Danny Farmer. ‘Boots’ is out of FC AFC RSK Smooth Sailing and CFC Bayer’s [...]

Recall is limited to one formula of Diamond Naturals distributed to 12 states; no illnesses reported Consumer Contact: 800-442-0402 Media Contact: 816-255-1974 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 06, 2012 Diamond Pet Foods is voluntarily recalling Diamond Naturals Lamb Meal & Rice. This is being done as a precautionary measure, as the product has the potential to [...]