Clinical health markers in dogs fed raw meat-based or commercial extruded kibble diets.

ABSTRACT: The interest and demand for healthy and less processed foods for human consumption have been mirrored in the pet industry, with an explosion of alternative diets available. Several nontraditional feeding methodologies including raw meat-based diets (RMBDs) are believed by many dog owners to be superior to traditional extruded commercial dog foods. Despite the strong opinions, limited data are available comparing objective health measures among healthy dogs fed using different methods of diet preparation. Therefore, we compared health markers in client-owned dogs fed an RMBD to markers in dogs fed a high-quality extruded kibble. We hypothesized that healthy adult dogs fed RMBD would show differences in biochemical and hematological parameters and improved clinical health scores (e.g., denta

SUBMITTER: Hiney K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8174467 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature