...annual conference of the Australian Veterinary Association in Adelaide, South Australia, May 20-25th 2016. She spoke to Australian veterinarians about how they can best communicate helpful information to pet owners...
...pet food or ingredients, but the phrase has no legal meaning and does not necessarily connote anything about quality or nutritional value. To be sold as food for humans, a...
...the numbers by using the calculator here. Beyond this minimum requirement, there is no legal definition or even a general consensus of what exactly a ‘low’ or ‘high’ protein diet...
...internet is full of horror stories about what is supposedly in by-products, there are actually strict legal definitions of what can be included under this term. For example, the regulatory...
...pet. For example, ‘holistic’ has no legal definition in pet food and is simply a marketing term for which each company decides the meaning! Using mainly the ingredient list is...
...post on this – “Why you shouldn’t judge a pet food by its ingredient list”). To summarize, the ingredient list has legal requirements (for example, ingredients names and being in...
...put in place by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Until just a few years ago, there was no legal definition of “human grade” as it related to pet...
...in dogs and cats are currently lacking. In most cases, we recommend seeing a Board Certified Veterinary Dermatologist if your pet has chronic skin itching or infections (https://www.acvd.org/tools/locator/locator.asp?ids=16_Find_Dermatologist) for chronic...
...cooking for their human family. Whereas all commercial pet foods must legally meet or exceed certain amounts of nutrients to be marketed as “complete and balanced foods”, studies have shown...
...in pet food bags. They grow well in foods rich in protein- and fat-rich foods, so most pet foods provide perfect conditions. Tip: Pet foods contaminated with storage mites can...