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Re: what meat to feed raw?
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Aggiebug: I'll bet you 20 to 1 that those studies looking to highlight bacterial dangers of raw feeding were funded by commercial pet food companies.
I reiterate: there are no funded studies touting the benefits of raw feeding because there are no corporations to benefit financially from it! Feeding a PMR diet means people can go out and buy their meat wherever they like, be in the supermarket, butcher's shop, local farms, etc. No huge corporation is benefiting from promoting it, so why pay for a study that would get data supporting it?
And seriously, yet again, if you're handling raw meat, whether it's for your dog or you're going to make it for yourself, the same general cleaning principles apply. Surfaces get wiped down after raw meat has been in contact with them and utensils/dishes get washed. It's common sense. If you're seeing negative consequences of bacteria, it's because people are idiots and don't clean up after themselves.
B/w 1/8: betas 17,345, progesterone 25.6
This. I feed raw to my 5 cats. You may want to consider joining some raw feeding forums on yahoo. I found that helpful when starting. I found a supplier through a therapy pet group we belonged to, and we buy 3 months worth of food at a time.
My cats are very healthy and we are always complimented on how healthy and in shape they are at the vet. They are supportive of our choice to feed raw.
5 cats. 1 baby.
5 cats. 1 baby.
Congrats!! How far along are you?
Thanks! I am 6 weeks. I go in Thursday for my first appointment. I see congrats are in order for you, too! Hope Carl is ready to be a big brother again!
5 cats. 1 baby.
CPS isn't called for parents who refuse to vaccinate their children...
You also didn't see how veterinary nutrition books were funded by pet food companies. Go look up the author of the nutrition textbook. http://www.hillspet.com/our-company/dr-mark-morris-jr.html
Are there actually good studies on raw feeding? Who is funding them? The only ones I saw years ago were done on racing greyhounds that were fed rotten meat. I did read studies on raw fed dogs shedding salmonella...but what most neglected to mention was that a number of kibble fed dogs also shed salmonella.
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I rarely open that book you speak of. If I do its for calculation help or something similar. It does have info on barf diet and balancing a homecooked diet but I still recommend talking to a veterinary nutritionist.
There is a study comparing raw to kibble fed dogs done by Colorado vet school (i believe. I may have the school wrong) that should significant differences in salmonella shedding. Kibble is not 100% safe however if there is salmonella contamination the product is recalled.
Congrats! How exciting!
"The hardest thing is to live richly in the present without letting it be tainted out of fear for the future or regret for the past." - Sylvia Plath
So..it does exist...it is a common book...you may not reference it, but I'm sure lots of other vets do.
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Do you even know what to book has in it? It's primarily a resource for calculating diet dietary info, nutritional concerns for various medical conditions. In a very small portion of the book it discusses different diets on the market. Including those from their primary competitors. No it's not perfect but it does have quite a bit of helpful info no matter what your dietary preference is.
Have you seen my monkey?
Have you seen my monkey?