the only way to know for sure if it could cause the outbreak would be to feed the compound to those animals, Goldstein said, adding, "That's not an option."
I'm glad to hear that's the policy at Cornell. Many vet school-affiliated research institutions DO induce illness in animals for research purposes.
Agreed. Maybe they realize there have been enough deaths due to this already, so they will have PLENTY of tissue samples to study without killing more animals. Or maybe they’re just compassionate researchers. I hope it’s the latter... but I would hope the former will convince the non-compassionate researchers to refrain from any living-organism research on this issue.
Kidney’s don’t regenerate like the liver and by the time kidney disease is diagnosed it is normally far down the pike and the best anyone can hope for is not very encouraging, very costly and takes great owner dedication... many of these dogs and cats being fed the worst of the worst foods in the first place don’t stand much chance of owners being that dedicated to formulating a diet that will keep them alive.