Lou,
I applaud you for feeding raw chicken to your dog
! I don't know if your're doing this as part of a prey model diet or not but I'm not worried about that at the moment. I certainly do not want to step on any toes by all means but I'm afraid you may be misinformed about certain components of raw meat. Without going into the exact chemical components of meat, but to summarize the need for carnivores to consume whole prey is that it delivers the necessary fat, protein, vitamins, minerals and enzymes.
Probiotics are microorganisms commonly found in yoghurt, milk, some juices and soy, to name a couple. Probiotics help promote a good gut flora, recommended after a trial of antibiotics and has recently been a debate on raw fed lists as a possible unnecessary supplement to our dogs as the viability of this organism, traveling down a dog's extremely acid digestive tract, is seriously being questioned. When thinking about if dairy is a natural food source for canines, I find myself agreeing with this doubt, although as of yet, scientifically unsubstantiated. Raw, green tripe is a well known remedy for dogs with stomach upsets and lose stools.
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Originally Posted by Lou  Nope I mean bacteria. Good bacteria. It is called probiotics and they can't get them if they eat nothing but processes food. Their bodies are designed to eat raw. |