Hot Topic: Raw Food Diets For Pets

Raw food diets are being marketed and packaged for dogs and cats.  The doctors at Community Animal Hospital do not recommend raw food diets due to the exposure of possible pathogens, such as Samonella, E. coli, and Toxoplasma gondii.  We have had pets become sick after being fed raw food diets.  Visit these links for more information:

https://www.avma.org/About/Governance/Documents/2012S_Resolution5_raw_food.pdf

https://www.avma.org/KB/Resources/FAQs/Pages/Raw-Pet-Foods-and-the-AVMA-Policy-FAQ.aspx

 

 

 

 

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