...to a Board Certified Veterinary Nutritionist® can help to individualize a nutritional plan for your pet (www.acvn.org). In the uncommon situation when a commercial diet that addresses all the goals...
Filtering out preservatives When shopping in online retailers, there are often a variety of terms that can be used as filters to help consumers select pet food. These include a...
...as they saw fit). Starting in 2016, AAFCO guidelines now require pet foods that are categorized for ‘growth’ to specify if they have met additional guidelines just for large- and...
...seeking veterinary help. I’ve seen many pets that have been on over a dozen diets, sometimes for only a couple days at a time. This kind of diet history can...
...including diet in cats presenting for gastrointestinal signs in later life. Veterinary Record 2019; doi: 10.1136/vr.105040: https://veterinaryrecord.bmj.com/content/185/5/144 You can learn more about the Bristol Cats Study on their website: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/vet-school/research/projects/cats/...
...by Microsoft, Bard by Google, and ChatGPT by OpenAI : “help me find the best dog food”. Here’s what they told me: Bing Bing provided me with the briefest of...
...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 ...
...that may not always be followed, we recommend using other criteria and asking your veterinarian to help you make the most informed decision about what to feed your pet: https://vetnutrition.tufts.edu/2016/12/questions-you-should-be-asking-about-your-pets-food/....
...kilocalorie for pet food is equivalent to one human calorie). Even if the guaranteed analysis gave exact percentages, rather than just minimums and maximums, these numbers don’t help us to...
...pets can’t make their own resolutions, including your pet in your resolutions may help keep you on track with your own goals (such as fitness) as well as enriching your...