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Not to start a whole 'nother thing, lol, but if you did your research - you probably also learned that canine allergies skyrocketed and continued to do so with the advent of kibble? That allergies began in dogs when we added kibble? Don't get me started, girl! LOL.
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LOL, you are trying to start something.
I have seen that, this is why I first research raw. I've also found research that suggest the allergies came about when we started using monthly wormers, and monthly pesticides, etc... But, again, Ginger does well on her kibble. Only seasonal allergies twice a year. Gosh, that's peanuts compared to the problems that too much protein or an unwanted parasite could potentially cause in a diet. Here's another example of why I'm saying...I'll wait and see what we know in 10 years... here's an excerpt from another site, link is at the bottom:
Raw Meat Diet - caution
When making a diet at home it is important to remember to
include all of the food groups which it seems like you are doing.
I am not aware of any proven benefits of raw meat over cooked meat in
home-made diets. The safest course of action would probably be to cook the meat to eliminate toxoplasmosis, salmonellosis and E. coli infections. These are probably the most common food borne diseases that affect dogs when they are fed raw meat, although other problems are reported.
Toxoplasmosis is a parasite whose cysts live in the muscle of cattle, pigs
and other creatures. If meat is not cooked enough the cysts live and can
infected dogs or humans exposed to them. In an immune compromised patient this is a much worse problem than in patients with normal immune systems.
E. coli and Salmonella are bacterial infections. In most cases they are the
result of food contamination by infected workers who handle the meat during processing. I am not aware of any studies that really quantify the risk to dogs of these illnesses but they are frequently implicated in food poisoning deaths in humans, we know that dogs do get infections from these bacteria and it is therefore reasonable to assume that there is a risk which probably approximates that of humans but may be smaller or even larger than the risk to people. These would also be more likely to cause serious illness in an immune compromised patient. Mike Richards, DVM
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http://www.vetinfo4dogs.com/drawmeat.html
Of course this site makes "no bones" about being opposed to raw, so the opinions can be expected to be biased just as "pro-raw" sites. But as near as I can tell, he's not selling anything, so it's just one mans opinion.