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Canine Nutrition and Research UpdateWhile many people familiar with the opinions of well-publicized veterinarians such as Richard Pitcarin (Natural Health for Dogs and Cats, Rodale Press) and Martin Goldstein (The Nature of Animal Healing, Alfred A. Knopf), it’s much more difficult to keep up with the field worldwide, at the university research level and on the Internet. Therefore from time to time noteworthy updates will be provided.
While not new on the canine diet market, Kymythy Schultze’s Natural Nutrition for Dogs and Cats (Hay House, 800-654-5126) is less well known but practical, simple, inexpensive and provides an absolutely terrific diet. Websites of interest in the nutrition area may be located through various search engines. egroups.com hosts a number of canine-interest groups. Particularly informative and healthy groups include grainfreepets, rawdiet,justsayno2vaccs, doghealth and various BARF (Billinghurst Give a Dog a Bone) lists. Lary Glickman DVM of Purdue University has recently completed a study of the causation of autoantibodies impacting thyroid, pancreas, heart, red blood count and connective tissue. He may be contacted at ltg@vet.purdue.edu. Dennis Macy, DVM, of Colorado State Vet School, has reached some conclusions about the causes of autoimmune polyarthritis and herpertonic osteodystrophy in dogs. He may be reached at 970-221-4535. © 2002 Lynnel Jones for AndalusianBullmastiffs.com July 2005 update: News about the pet vaccine issue is spreading rapidly. Below are
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Our Bull
Currently in the process of publication
and translation from the German is The Error of the Millennium in
Veterinary Medicine, (ISBN 3-9807236-0-7), Marc Torel and K.D. Kammerer
DVM. Subtitled "Malnutrition-induced Hip Dysplasia as a
Non-hereditary Skeletal Disease of Dogs," the book traces a thousand
years of canine diet history to the present time, concluding that
80-85% of dogs suffer nutrition-related diseases resulting from
ingesting commercial dog food.