http://www.animalsrighttolifewebsite.com/the_low_down_on_iams.htm

Below are brief summaries of what happens to some of the animals used
in studies supported by Iams: All of which would not be the norm in a
world in which vivisection was  abolished.

1.. 28 CATS' BELLIES WERE CUT TO SEE THE EFFECT OF FEEDING THEM FIBRE,
THEN THE CATS WERE KILLED - Bueno AR et al. (Nutrition Research, Vol
20. No.9, pp. 1319-1328, 2000)

2.. 24 YOUNG DOGS WERE INTENTIONALLY PUT INTO KIDNEY FAILURE;
SUBJECTED TO INVASIVE EXPERIMENTATION, THEN KILLED - University of
Georgia and The Iams Company. (White, JV, et al. Am J Vet Res 1991;
Vol 52: No 8, pp 1357 - 1365)

3.. 31 DOGS' KIDNEYS WERE REMOVED TO INCREASE THE RISK OF KIDNEY
DISEASE, THEN THEY WERE KILLED AND DISSECTED - University of Georgia
and The Iams Company. (Finco, DR, et al. Am J Vet Res 1994; Vol 55: No
9, pp 1282-1290)

4.. BONES IN 18 DOGS' FRONT AND BACK LEGS WERE CUT OUT AND STRESSED
UNTIL THEY BROKE - University of Wisconsin and The Iams Company.
(Crenshaw TD. et al. Proceeding of 1998 Iams Nutrition Symposium)

5.. 10 DOGS WERE KILLED TO STUDY THE EFFECT OF FIBER IN DIETS -
Mississippi State University and The Iams Company. (Buddington, RK, et
al. Am J Vet Res 1999; Vol 60: No 3, pp 354-358)

6.. 18 MALE PUPPIES' KIDNEYS WERE CHEMICALLY DAMAGED; EXPERIMENTAL
DIETS WERE FED; TUBES WERE INSERTED IN THEIR PENISES, THEN THE PUPPIES
WERE KILLED - Colorado State University and The Iams Company. (Grauer,
GF, et al. Am J Vet Res 1996; Vol 57: No 6, pp 948-956)

7.. 8 DOGS' KIDNEYS WERE REMOVED TO STUDY THE EFFECT OF PROTEIN ON
RECOVERY FROM KIDNEY REMOVAL - University of Georgia and The Iams
Company. (Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, American College of
Veterinary Internal Medicine)

8.. 28 CATS WERE SURGICALLY FORCED INTO KIDNEY FAILURE AND EITHER DIED
DURING THE EXPERIMENT OR WERE KILLED TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF PROTEIN -
University of Georgia and The Iams Company. (Proceedings of the 1998
Iams Nutrition Symposium)

9.. 15 DOGS' BELLIES WERE CUT OPEN; TUBES WERE ATTACHED TO THEIR
INTESTINES, THE CONTENTS OF WHICH WERE PUMPED OUT EVERY 10 MINUTES FOR
TWO HOURS, THEN THE DOGS WERE KILLED - University of Nebraska-Lincoln
and The Iams Company. (Hallman, JE, et al. Nutrition Research 1996;
Vol 16: No 2, pp 303-313)

10.. 16 DOGS' BELLIES WERE CUT OPEN AND PARTS OF THEIR INTESTINES
TAKEN - University of Alberta and The Iams Company. (1998 Journal of
the American Society of Nutritional Sciences)

11.. HEALTHY PUPPIES, CHICKS, AND RATS HAD BONE AND CARTILAGE REMOVED
TO STUDY BONE AND JOINT DEVELOPMENT - Purdue University and The Iams
Company. (Proceedings of the 2000 Iams Nutrition Symposium)

12.. INVASIVE PROCEDURES WERE USED TO STUDY BACTERIA IN 16 DOGS'
INTESTINES - Texas A&M University and The Iams Company. (Willard MD et
al. Am J Vet Res, Vol 55, No. 5, May 1994)

13.. 24 CATS HAD THEIR FEMALE ORGANS AND PARTS OF THEIR LIVERS
REMOVED; WERE MADE OBESE, THEN WERE STARVED - University of Kentucky
and The Iams Company. (Ibrahim WH. et al. AJVR, Vol 61, No. 5, May
2000)

14.. 56 DOGS HAD THEIR FEMALE ORGANS REMOVED TO STUDY BETA CAROTENE -
Washington State University and The Iams Company. (Weng, BC, et al.
J.Anim.Sci.2000. 78:1284-1290)

15.. 16 DOGS' BELLIES WERE REPEATEDLY CUT TO TAKE PARTS OF THEIR
INTESTINES - Texas A&M and The Iams Company. (Willard, MD, et al.
JAVMA 1994. 8:1201-1206)

16.. 6 DOGS HAD TUBES IMPLANTED INTO THEIR INTESTINES AND FLUID
DRAINED REPEATEDLY TO STUDY CEREAL FLOURS - University of Illinois and
The Iams Company. (Murray, SM, et al. J.Anim.Sci.1999. 77:2180-2186)

17.. 30 DOGS WERE WOUNDED AND PATCHES OF SKIN CONTAINING THE WOUNDS
REMOVED TO STUDY WOUND-HEALING - Auburn University and The Iams
Company. (Mooney, MA, et al. Am J Vet Res 1998; Vol 59: No 7, pp
859-863)

18.. 5 DOGS' BELLIES WERE CUT OPEN AND TUBES WERE INSERTED FROM THEIR
INTESTINES TO THE OUTSIDE OF THEIR BODIES TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF
FIBER - University of Illinois and The Iams Company. (Muir, HE, et al.
J.Anim.Sci.1996. 74:1641-1648)

19.. PARTS OF 28 DOGS' LARGE INTESTINES WERE REMOVED TO STUDY THE
EFFECTS OF FIBER - University of Missouri and The Iams Company.
(Howard, MD, et al. J.Anim.Sci. 1997. 75(Suppl. 1); 136)

20.. PARTS OF 16 DOGS' INTESTINES AND IMMUNE SYSTEM WERE CUT OUT TO
STUDY THE EFFECTS OF FIBER - University of Alberta and The Iams
Company. (Proceedings of the 1998 Iams Nutrition Symposium)

21.. 5 DOGS HAD TISSUE FROM LARGE AND SMALL INTESTINES REMOVED TO
STUDY INTESTINAL TRACT NEEDS - University of Illinois and The Iams
Company. (Proceedings of the 1998 Iams Nutrition Symposium)

22.. 8 HEALTHY DOGS HAD TUBES INSERTED THROUGH THEIR CHESTS TO STUDY
FAT ABSORPTION - The Ohio State University and The Iams Company.
(Proceedings of 2000 Iams Nutrition Symposium)

23.. SECTIONS OF 36 DOGS' SKINS WERE CUT OUT TO STUDY EFFECTS OF DIET
ON FUR - Texas A&M and The Iams Company. (Proceedings of 2000 Iams
Nutrition Symposium)

24.. 14 PUPPIES WERE INJECTED WITH SUBSTANCES THAT GAVE THEM LIFE-LONG
ALLERGIES, MADE THEM SICK, AND GAVE THEM DIARRHOEA - University of
Calgary and The Iams Company. (Proceedings of 2000 Iams Nutrition
Symposium) Please contact Iams to let them know your disgust at these
animal experiments. Phone them on 0800 426 785 or email
customer.service@Iams.com. <mailto:customer.service@Iams.com.>
<mailto://customer.service@Iams.com.> This was from the Announcement
from Managers of sKy FlYeR

James Marz

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