FWIW, fired this off to them. (After over 400 individualised letters from 2007-2008, done with being polite.)
RE: Raw Feeding -- So Chris Collis DVM asked "Who would want this type of risk on their conscience?"
Read more:
http://www.timescolonist.com/health/food+without+risk/5858502/story.html#ixzz1ghQlR5fhPlease explain how, with all your education, you can, in good conscience, advocate people to feed their carnivore companions corn, soy, gluten-laden cereal?
Please don't insult our intelligence when it is becoming common knowledge just who the most generous funding comes from and who teaches "nutrition" at the Veterinary Universities?
SO you've studied and examined MAMMALS IN THE ORDER CARNIVORA for over two decades and somehow managed to dodge every aspect of basic Biology all these years? You may want to grab a book and look up "carnivore".
If not for all the brainwashing, why would a reasonably educated person think any carnivorous mammal should be consuming:
Ground Whole Grain Corn, Powdered Cellulose, Peanut Hulls, Chicken by-product Meal, Chicken Liver Flavor, Soybean Meal, Soybean Mill Run, Dried Egg Product, Soybean Oil, Corn Gluten Meal … when they lack the Amylase enzyme to effectively break down carbohydrate;
Jaws do not rotate, only up and down;
Carnassial teeth, long canines and incisors;
ALL Felines have Naturally low thirst drive-- designed by nature to get moisture from within its food. See all the facts at catinfo.org or in any library book;
http://leda.law.harvard.edu/leda/data/784/Patrick06.htmlEnough with the scare tactics of the mainstream vet community! Practically the whole of the gastrointestinal tract of a carnivore dog and cat is sterile. The hydrochloric acid in the stomach ensures that most bacteria and other micro-organisms in swallowed food are killed. Those that escape the stomach are rarely able to survive the digestive processes - they are, after all, made of protein.
No, not corn, soy and the other cheap fillers which pass AAFCO tests for "protein", but MEAT as we are talking about carnivores!
Somebody who not only goes to college, but who specifically STUDIES these species SHOULD be INFORMING cat, dog and ferret owners of all this. Didn't you take an oath? Just how are they supposed to chew it, let alone digest it?
Oh that's right, A FELINE WILL either swallow it whole, or merely shatter it with their fangs and SCISSOR-like teeth.
And people wonder why their cats vomit, have so many GI issues, blockages and PU surgeries to remove their penis so that "now they can eat anything including their favorite kibble!" and dogs get bloat, hotspots, UTIs, crystals/stones…?
Look at his teeth -- a dog is MEANT to chew a raw bone. Now people are brainwashed into thinking this is bad for a dog? Now they just put them under anesthesia for regular teeth cleanings.
Nice scare tactics by the way … Quarrantine …death of a toddler … Actually you'd be doing an owner of a companion CARNIVORE a great service in turning them away. Let them find a DVM with no conflict of interest warping their "conscience" and insulting their intellect. A "vet" who favors bacteria-infested, moldy glutens & grains for carnivores as opposed to a species-appropriate diet should be sued for malpractice. Just what makes Aflatoxin & samonilla favorable to something a carnivore is designed to process efficiently, anyway?
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Would you feel confident trusting the care of your child to a Pediatrician who is allowed to accept funding from a commercial food conglomerate and insisted your child be fed a strict diet of corn chips? Wouldn't you at least be tempted to peek at that ingredient label?
Oh, There would be one bright side:
The child would at least be able to chew it properly.