Dog Heart Disease May Be Linked to Potato-Based Pet Food

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Well, they are still looking into it, but interesting.

http://time.com

Potato-based pet foods may be causing heart disease in dogs, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration warned this week.

The government agency is investigating a potential link between pet foods with peas, lentils, potatoes and other legume seeds and instances of canine dilated cardiomyopathy in dogs not typically vulnerable to the disease. “Highly unusual” reports of these dogs contracting the disease prompted the FDA to investigate their food sources, which, the agency notes, largely contained those certain ingredients.