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CLINICS IN LABORATORY MEDICINE
Volume 31, Issue 1, Pages 181-+Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2010.10.003
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Melamine; Cyanuric acid; Acute renal failure; Crystals; Food adulteration; Toxicosis
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Several major pet-food and human-food safety incidents occurred worldwide between 2003 and 2008, causing illnesses and deaths in children, cats, dogs, and pigs. During the 2007 outbreak of renal failure in dogs and cats in the United States, veterinary diagnostic laboratories helped identify melamine and melamine analogues as contaminants in implicated food. In 2008, thousands of infants developed renal failure from exposure to melamine alone. Management of these outbreaks depends on the collaboration of veterinary and human laboratories and clinics, government agencies, academic institutions, and food industries, along with prompt communication and sharing of data.
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