My money's on the birds.

But something is seriously amiss. More pet food is being recalled today. Here's the health alert from LA Animal Services:

SmartPak recalled its LiveSmart Weight Management Chicken and Brown Rice dog food on Friday, April 20th after they found out that they had received potentially contaminated rice protein concentrate from Wilbur-Ellis. Today, Drs. Foster & Smith Adult Dry Lite Dog Food and Adult Dry Cat food were recalled also (see attached AVMA announcements).

The following dry pet foods have been added to the pet food recall:

DOCTORS FOSTER & SMITH CHICKEN & BROWN RICE FORMULA ADULT LITE DOG FOOD, NET WT. 5 LBS., 12.5 LBS, and 25 LBS; Code dates: Best Used By Jan 24, 09; Best Used By Feb 8, 09; Best Used By Feb 26, 09; Best Used By April 10, 09; Best Used By April 17, 09;

DOCTORS FOSTER & SMITH CHICKEN & BROWN RICE FORMULA ADULT LITE CAT FOOD, NET WT. 3 LBS. and 7 LBS.; Code date: Best Used By March 13, 09;

LICK YOUR CHOPS LAMB MEAL, RICE & EGG CAT FOOD, 4 LBS. packages, Code date: Best Used By April 29, 08;

LIVESMART WEIGHT MANAGEMENT, CHICKEN & BROWN RICE FORMULA ADULT LITE DOG FOOD, one lot only

In addition, hog farms in at least five states have been quarantined because of concerns that the hogs may have consumed melamine contaminated food. Samples of hog urine from farms in California, North Carolina and South Carolina have tested positive for melamine so far (see attached AVMA press release). The FDA is now testing all wheat gluten, rice protein concentrate and corn gluten being imported from China, and will be testing batches of imported corn meal, rice bran and soy protein. The FDA has reported that a second chemical, cyanuric acid, was also found in rice protein concentrate samples. At this time, there is no evidence that melamine contaminated products have been shipped to human food producing facilities.

Please continue to report any local cases of possible pet food toxicity to Los Angeles County Veterinary Public Health, even if the pet did not eat one of the recalled brands. Animal Disease/Death Reporting Forms (see attached) may be faxed to our program at 562-401-7112, or completed on line at: http://lapublichealth.org/vet/disintro.htm . If you have any questions, please contact us at 562-401-7088 or toll free locally at 877-747-2243.