...Website on GRAS information: www.fda.gov/Food/IngredientsPackagingLabeling/GRAS/ Veterinary Oral Health Council Website: www.vohc.org 2013 American Animal Hospital Association Dental Care Guidelines for Dogs and Cats: www.aaha.org/public_documents/professional/guidelines/dental_guidelines.pdf American Veterinary Dental College Website: www.avdc.org/...
...Freeman was quoted in a recent article on pet supplements: Assessing pet supplements. JAVMA News, Jan 15, 2017: https://www.avma.org/News/JAVMANews/Pages/170115a.aspx PBS Frontline story on supplements and safety: www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/supplements-and-safety/ Useful websites on...
...www.peninsulahumanesociety.org Boomerang Pet Express Boomerang Pet Express allows you to choose from holistic pet foods, like grain free foods from Canidae, or even a raw diet from Jefferey’s Natural Pet...
...what questions to ask when you call. For more information on pet food recalls and pet food regulation: https://www.fda.gov/animalveterinary/safetyhealth/recallswithdrawals/ https://www.avma.org/news/issues/recalls-alerts/pages/pet-food-safety-recalls-alerts.aspx https://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/Products/AnimalFoodFeeds/PetFood/default.htm Happy Feeding! Cailin Heinze, VMD, MS, DACVN ...
...information specific to your area, consider reaching out to the regulatory authorities in your region (https://www.aafco.org/consumers/understanding-pet-food/). What Does AAFCO Require for a ‘Veterinarian Recommended’ Claim? AAFCO Guidelines state that “A...
...to www.acvn.org) or the European College of Veterinary Comparative Nutrition (ECVCN link to http://www.esvcn.eu/college). These are veterinarians who have undergone several years of rigorous post-graduate nutrition training in approved residency...
...in the dog milk samples. The biggest concerns were with calories and calcium, with most samples having much lower calories and calcium than dog milk, which raises concerns for proper...
...in the investigation: https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/report-problem/how-report-pet-food-complaint. Additional Resources Previous Petfoodology posts on diet-associated DCM A broken heart: Risk of heart disease in boutique or grain-free diets and exotic ingredients (6/4/2018): https://vetnutrition.tufts.edu/2018/06/a-broken-heart-risk-of-heart-disease-in-boutique-or-grain-free-diets-and-exotic-ingredients/...
...Products Association. Pet industry market size and ownership statistics. Available at: https://www.americanpetproducts.org/press_industrytrends.asp. Accessed December 16, 2019. 2PetFood News. Dog owners have difficulty choosing pet food (October 8, 2015). Available at:...
...as soon as possible to address their nutrition needs, there is a directory of Board Certified Veterinary Nutritionist® at https://acvn.org/directory that allows you to search by location or by veterinary...