Pill-popping pets: Are the foods you use to give pills safe?
...cheese, check the label to be sure the brand you select contains less than 100 mg sodium for every 100 calories as some products can be high in sodium. With...
...cheese, check the label to be sure the brand you select contains less than 100 mg sodium for every 100 calories as some products can be high in sodium. With...
Step 1 of 2 50% We require a consult request form for every phone appointment unless the pet has been seen at Tufts within the past 12 months for the...
...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...
...For tips on the safest way to store pet food, see “The Scoop on Storing Pet Food.” Have a back-up. Talk to your veterinarian about a good back-up food for...
Not long ago, I was talking to a dog owner whose dog was healthy, well-muscled, and had a beautiful, shiny coat and I asked her what pet food she was...
...cats, a veterinary therapeutic diet low in iodine may be all that’s required to control symptoms. How does a low-iodine diet work? In order to produce thyroid hormone (thyroxine),...
...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/...
...difficulty choosing pet food (October 8, 2015). Available at: http://www.petfoodindustry.com/articles/5407-survey-dog-owners-have-difficulty-choosing-pet-food. Accessed December 16, 2019. 3Schleicher M, Cash SB, Freeman LM. Determinants of pet food purchasing decisions. Canadian Veterinary Journal 2019;60:644-650....
...to 1 year of age, the lower the risk (I’m less worried about feeding a therapeutic diet that meets adult requirements to a 10-month old kitten than to a 4-month...
...the quality of pet foods, this approach has many pitfalls and is very subjective to intentional manipulation by the food manufacturers. Ingredients are listed on labels in order of weight,...