AVMA approves policy discouraging raw petfood diets

AVMA approves policy discouraging raw petfood diets. – 2012 September 6 PetfoodIndustry.com I feel that if the AVMA (American Veterinary Medical Association) were truly concerned over the potential hazards associated with the consumption of raw food by companion animals then they would emphasize keeping animals from unintended prey feeding.  For example, cats allowed to catch…

AVMA’s new reason for not feeding pets raw food

AVMA discourages pet owners from feeding raw petfood diets. The basic premise of the new resolution passed by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) is that raw food feeding exposes pet owners to salmonella and other nasty bacteria.  Oh please – so far as I know there have been a lot more documented instances of…