Raw Food 101 l The Importance of Protein in Your Dog and Cat's Diet

Protein is a macronutrient, meaning it is required in large quantities in the diet of dogs and cats. Protein is essential to many vital roles in your pet's ...

Raw Food 101 l A Beginner's Guide for a Nutritous Raw Pet Food Diet

The nutritional balance of protein, carbs, and fat in a raw food diet is very different from commercial kibbles and much closer to the natural ...

Proteins & raw diet for cats - The Little Carnivore

Protein content and amino-acid profile are not a concern in raw diets except if the diet is high in fat. However, concerning industrial pet food ...

November Newsletter: The Importance of Protein in Your Dog's Diet

Your dog's health depends on receiving a balanced mixture of vitamins and nutrients in its diet. Protein, a nutrient found in meat, eggs, ...

One veterinarian's experience with owners who are feeding raw ...

While raw pet foods are not suitable for most owners or all pets, some dogs and cats are healthier on these diets. Raw diets are effective in the management of ...

Raw feeding in dogs and cats | Companion Animal

Raw feeding is far from novel. Commercial 'Pet Food' was introduced only in 1860 when James Spratt, an American electrician living in London, ...

(PDF) Raw feeding in dogs and cats - ResearchGate

A well-constructed raw food diet is high in protein, nutrient-rich, satiating, extremely palatable, and high in prebiotic 'animal fibre'.

Raw Meat-Based Diets: Current Evidence Regarding Benefits and ...

It is only within the past 100 to 150 years that commercial pet food products have been made and marketed for dogs and cats.1. In a survey conducted in 2011,2 ...

Raw diets for dogs and cats: Potential health benefits and threats

role in the recipe of a given food. However, the use of healthier and ... digestibility of crude protein than extruded food. (Hamper 2014). These values ...

Human-Grade Raw Dog Food - Maev

Dogs thrive on an unprocessed diet high in protein and low in carbohydrates. So, we formulated our protein-rich Raw Food with 11 core ingredients including lean ...

Feline nutrition – a raw perspective - Veterinary Practice

The metabolic idiosyncrasies of the domestic cat, believed to be derived from their adaptation to a high protein/low carbohydrate diet of mainly ...

Raw diets for dogs and cats: Potential health benefits and threats

The percentage of meat content, composition of nutrients, and amount of additives started to play an important role in the recipe of a given food. However, the ...

Raw meat-based diets for dogs: survey of owners' motivations ...

Owners see RMBDs as a more natural and healthier alternative to commercial pet food even if the actual benefits remain unproven. Consulting ...

Current knowledge about the risks and benefits of raw meat–based ...

CVMA poli- cy on raw or undercooked animal-source protein in cat and dog diets. ... Feed your pet right: the authoritative guide to feeding your dog and cat.

Balancing A Raw Diet With Protein Rotation - Back To The Bone

Protein rotation adds variety to your dog's and cat's food and keeps them from getting bored with the same old food.

Functional foods in pet nutrition: Focus on dogs and cats

Functional food can reduce the risk of disease and/or support the body. •. Pets are a valuable model to study the role and mechanism of functional foods.

Natural pet food: A review of natural diets and their impact on canine ...

Domestic cats select a macronutrient profile (52% of ME from protein) similar to the diet of wild cats. Dogs have evolved much differently in their ability to ...

Characteristics of Nutrition and Metabolism in Dogs and Cats

As noted previously, dogs, unlike cats, have adapted during evolution to omnivorous diets that contain both animal- and plant-sourced foods ( ...

Raw diets for dogs and cats | American Veterinary Medical Association

AVMA discourages feeding cats and dogs any animal-source protein that has not been subjected to a process to eliminate pathogens.

Feline Nutrition - Just What is a Raw Cat Food Diet, Anyway?

Raw food for cats, whether commercial or homemade, usually consist of ground meat, bone and organs, along with eggs, water and supplements.