Pet Food Decisions: How Do You Pick Your Pet’s Food?
...study was that many – more than 40% – of the people we surveyed indicated that buying healthy food for their pets was even more important than buying healthy food...
...study was that many – more than 40% – of the people we surveyed indicated that buying healthy food for their pets was even more important than buying healthy food...
...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 ...
...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...
...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...
...recipe – “organic”, “free-range”, “non-GMO”. However, basing your decision on the ingredients is a mistake and I’ve previously discussed better approaches to selecting the best food for your pet ....
...opened. It’s better to buy multiple, smaller bags as the food will stay fresher in sealed bags. Also, avoid buying more food than you can use before the expiration date...
...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/...
...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...
...of his nutritional needs is to obtain your recipe from the pet equivalent of a registered dietician – a veterinarian with board certification in veterinary nutrition (www.acvn.org) or with a...
...a list of all the toxic foods you should never feed your pet (http://www.aspca.org). What are healthy chews for my pet? We recommend owners use crunchy vegetables as chews or...