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Originally Posted by MyFairLacy

I found this website with quotes from vets with answers to a lot of questions about bacteria, how bad commercial pet food is for our pets, and how great raw is http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/animals.htm

I was looking up veterinary nutrition websites and one REALLY annoyed me..saying raw diets were unsafe, bones were unsafe, food-borne illness was a concern, etc etc...UGH...I just DO NOT understand why most vets don't see the benefit to feeding raw. If they just took a month or so to research it, they would see how great it is! Darn commercial pet food industry and all it's money they contribute to brainwash vets! Being a vet student, it really really annoys me.

Today we had a dermatologist come and talk to us about allergies and I was talking to her about my oldest cat that has had chronic allergies. I told her I was feeding raw to her right now (well, half raw)..she though I meant homecooking...when I repeated that it was RAW, she said "oh but you need taurine in their diet and there can be problems with e.coli and salmonella"...REALLY? I didn't feel like arguing with her so I just said I wasn't worried about that. Of course, she suggested Hill's z/d...why why why can't vets just do their research. Then maybe more people would try raw diets and see how GREAT it is for their pets

thanks for posting the link, i learned a lot from there...