(<--AC, this smiley is named "Dr. LisaPiersonWorthy", BTW)
Wow, here's the link http://feline-nutrition.org/features/melamine-to-frankenprey-a-documented-journey
PRICELESS, specially for those looking to "take the leap" and extremely well written/fun to read!
Aw. *cough* Thank you for the kind words. The piece was a blend of two of my favorite passions - cats and writing, so it was a lot of fun to do, too. I'm glad you like it!
From the linked piece ^ , a GREAT point that the PFI has succeeded in burying, so that nobody will believe that they are carnivores, with carnivore digestive systems, carnivore enzymes...and carnivore teeth:
I have actually come across a case of a cat actively ill with Salmonella poisoning since that article**, so I can't make that claim any more, however, the point is still extremely valid and way, way too often overlooked, misunderstood or simply not believed.
AC
**Two cats from the same breeding facility were presented for a necropsy (one died, the other was euthanized after being ill a week). The necropsy showed active Salmonella poisoning in the first cat and cultured a strain of Salmonella from the other cat's tissues that matched a strain found in two of the three samples of food submitted, HOWEVER, the cats came from a breeding facility whose raw feeding practices couldn't be examined, both of them had pneumonia (the second cat severely), the first cat was old at 14 years, and the second was both very at 10 months and additionally sick with Bordella. So what does it take for a cat to become ill with Salmonella poisoning? Infirmity and an ongoing, separate illness, at the least. Shane et al. 2003. "
Septicemic Salmonellosis in Two Cats Fed a Raw-Meat Diet" Jour Am Animal Hosp Assoc 39:538-542.