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Raw Diet
Home-cooked and raw diets for pets are increasingly popular but carry significant risks of nutritional imbalance and pathogen contamination if not properly formulated.
Key Facts
- Many home-cooked/raw diets are nutritionally incomplete without professional formulation
- Consult a veterinary nutritionist for balanced recipe design
- Raw food risks: Salmonella, E. coli, parasites -- dangerous to pets AND human family members
- Nutritional deficiencies can cause serious health problems over time
- BalanceIT.com and veterinary nutritionists can help design safe home-cooked diets
- Raw bones can cause tooth fractures, GI obstruction, and perforation
- No scientific evidence that raw diets provide superior health benefits over quality commercial food
- Species: dogs and cats