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What Vets Say...
Commercial V's Raw Food
Diet
Dakota Bawden-Tutte |
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Vets on commercial pet
foods
"There are many reasons why the
commercial pet foods have never been close to a dog's natural diet. Those
reasons include the fact that they are based on grain, and that they are
cooked."
Dr. Ian Billinghurst, B.V.Sc.(Hons), BSc.Agr., Dip.Ed.
"Science Diet & Hill's dog & cat food products are not good diets.
They use chemical preservatives that have been shown to cause problems in
some animals & they use by-products, which are words on the ingredient
label that need to be avoided at all costs. This generally means food not
utilized for human consumption."
Dr. Charles E Loops, DVM
"Healthy cats & dogs can eat
just about any meat & survive, if not thrive. Their stomachs contain
high concentrations of hydrochloric acid & digestive juices & their
digestive tracts host an abundance of beneficial bacteria, making it difficult
for harmful bacteria to survive."
CJ Puotinen, The Encyclopedia of Natural Pet Care
From the British Journal of Small Animal Practice:"A growing number of vets
state that processed pet food is the main cause of illness and premature
death in the modern dog and cat. In December 1995, the British Journal of
Small Animal Practice published a paper contending that processed pet food
suppresses the immune system and leads to liver, kidney, heart and other
diseases. This research, initially conducted by Dr Tom Lonsdale, was researched
further by the Australian Veterinary Association and proven to be correct."
Canine Health Concern
"I don't believe it is possible for cats to be truly healthy when living
on commercial foods for a long period of time. This belief came about after
contrasting the condition of house cats with feral cats who have access to
adequate prey."
Christina Chambreau, DVM
"Eating supermarket pet foods is like eating cardboard."
William Pollak, DVM
"The sad truth is that prepared pet foods help provide patients for vets."
Dr. Ian Billinghurst, DVM
"Survival is insured by commercial food; nothing more; not health, not the
robustness for life."
William Pollak, DVM
Vets on feeding the raw
food diet
"The best diet is a raw food diet"
Dr. Charles E Loops, DVM
"Meat should be raw. Cooking destroys enzymes & denatures the proteins
rendering them less digestible to cats & dogs."
Christina Chambreau, DVM
"Despite our domestication of the canine and feline and the fact that a Chihuahua
may not look much like a wolf, the truth is that we haven't changed their
gastrointestinal systems. Cats and dogs are carnivores, designed to eat meat,
bones and the intestinal contents of their prey."
Dr Susan Krakauer DVM
"Dogs should eat raw food - raw meat and bones, vegetables and fruit. If
they were meant to eat processed, sterilised food, they would have evolved
with tin openers instead of dew claws."
Nick Thompson BSc.(Hons), BVM&S, VetMFHom, MRCVS.
"Raw meaty bones promote health."
Dr. Tom Lonsdale, DVM
"The very best way to feed pets is to turn them loose to eat their natural
prey."
quote from Dr. Wysong's web page.
"Dingoes and feral cats keep themselves healthy by eating whole carcasses.
The closer you come to this ideal for pet dogs and cats the better."
Dr. Tom Lonsdale, B.Vet.Med.
"Health is an inevitable by-product of natural raw foods for our pets."
William Pollak, DVM
"Dogs and cats need raw meat to be really healthy and even the best processed
foods cook their good ingredients, & most commercially available foods,
even the expensive ones, use the cheapest ingredients (that means dead, diseased
and decaying meat & by-products)."
Christina Chambreau, DVM
"Raw chicken does of course carry bacteria, E.g. Ð Salmonella. These
are of absolutely no consequence to a healthy dog."
Dr. Ian Billinghurst, DVM, Give Your Dog A Bone, pg. 135.
"Salmonella has even been found in samples of commercial pet foods &
treats. Bacteria is not a problem for a pet with a strong immune system,
& a strong immune system is encouraged by eating species-appropriate
raw food."
Kymythy Schultze, CCN, AHINatural Nutrition for Dogs & Cats,
The Ultimate Diet, pg. 15.
Dr. Donald Strombeck, Phd, DVM, tells us "if salmonella really is a problem,
then we should be just as concerned with processed pet food". He states that"Salmonellae
has been found in commercial pet foods, something the public never learns."
Dr. Donald Strombeck, Phd, DVM
"As the natural pet food industry increases, so the artificial industry,
together with its harmful effects, should go into decline... No more slurping
of canned stew, no more rattle of dry pellets; instead, the sounds of nature,
the crunching of raw meaty bones."
Dr. Tom Lonsdale, DVM, Raw Meaty Bones, p. 291.
