Studies about Raw Feeding

[excuseme]

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I have discovered this article and thought it may be of some interest to others.
I have taken this information from the "Dogs naturally magazine".

https://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/new-research-on-species-appropriate-diets/

I have yet to finish reading through it all, it also appears to have lots of other useful health links.

 

[JudyN]

Very interesting - thank you for posting.

I'd be interested to know how the research would hold up to scrutiny - a lot of the people involved aren't independent, and several are qualified in homeopathy, which personally I believe is hokum, so there may be a lack of scientific rigorousness. I also can't see what the dogs were fed before the trial. It would be interesting to see if there were changes in measurements for individual dogs who had been fed a commercial diet previously.

But that's just me being my usual picky self, even when the conclusions drawn are ones that I would hope to see - after all, I do feed raw! And yes, they have demonstrated that an analysis of a balanced raw diet shows it to be nutritionally complete, and that a dog's 'vital statistics' are healthy and show no deficiencies or excess over 26 weeks - conclusions that I'm sure many vets still haven't accepted.

 

[merlina]

The only scientific study I've found against raw feeding is the increase in risk from various viruses from raw chicken- and I did have a dog that became ill once from chicken wings so I avoid the dreaded hen now!

 

[JudyN]

I don't suppose you're able to find that study, @merlina? I'd be interested to see it.

 

[merlina]

OK I'll have a try- it was last year. From America I think...so a vet science/university thingy which I tend to pick up on..

 

[merlina]

Raw chicken linked to paralysis in dogs? A closer look

This isn't the study but a review of the study which is Aussie not American. As the review says the evidence isn't overwhelming because of low sampling numbers among others things. I only considered it because I'd had a dog become very ill after a raw chicken meal so decided to stop using chicken in their diets. (Actually it was supermarket chicken and human grade! Glad I'm a veggie...)

 

[Kara 1]

I stopped feeding my dogs chicken carcasses and chicken wings , mince etc as one of mine became ill he would immediately throw up anything chicken based aftet that ....

 

[Diesel's Dad]

Very interesting reading, thanks for posting.

One thing to bear in mind about any US studies regarding food hygiene and bacteria in food... im led to believe (anecdotally) that meat production hygiene standards are much lower in the US than over here.

DD

 

[JoanneF]

Chicken seems to be a relatively common intolerance for dogs so it's not really surprising to read that some dogs are unwell after it. Pity, as wings are great for dental hygiene.

 

[JudyN]

Thanks for posting that, @merlina.

This study just looked at the levels of camphylobacter in dogs who had one particular condition, acute polyradiculoneuritis. It would be interesting to know how common that disease is. These dogs might have been particularly susceptible for some reason and just needed a trigger. Bear in mind that if you examined the diet of people who died of a severe allergic reaction you'd find that peanut butter looked like extremely bad news...

I found this web page that disputes the finding: It is Highly Unlikely Raw Chicken Causes Paralysis in Dogs - Dogs First Now, I haven't read it all, and I tend not to give credence to any article that thinks that '?!!!!' is an acceptable form of punctuation, but it does at least show that there are reasons not to immediately ditch the chicken if you've been happy feeding it for years.

Healthy dogs can, and do, deal with a level of camphylobacter with no problems - it is present in most (I've seen 88%) of chicken sold for human consumption. I don't know anyone personally whose dog has been ill with camphylobacter, but I do know one human - she worked for raw dog food company and due to a machine malfunction her face was liberally sprayed with chicken mince

 

[Sandra Christiana]

good information as well.