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Originally Posted by Yorkiedaze  It would be nice to be able to safely feed our domestic pets raw meat, and maybe we can if it's of the wild variety that isn't fed hormones or commercial feed. Chickens and beef bought at the supermarkets and butcher shops are meant to be cooked to kill the salmanella that is picked up during the slaughter and butchering, but sill contain hormones that cannot be cooked out. Dogs and wolves in the wild will eat the stomach of their kill first as it contains vital nutrients from plants and berries, then they eat the organs. If they are not starving, they will bury the carcus and eat a few days later when it is ferminted, not unlike cooking it. |
I'm sorry but that eating the stomach contents thing is a total myth. Besides, there is no "vital" nutrients that a wolf needs from plants or berries.
Myths About Raw: Do wolves eat stomach contents of prey?
Tjmom feeds her dogs supermarket meat and so far I've not heard a peep of them contracting salmonella. Besides, salmonella is also found in kibbles and canned food. I follow the rawfeeding list in yahoo. There are 13.199 members and so far, not a single peep about salmonella. Some buy in supermarkets, some buy from butchers, some gets meat from hunters, trades, roadkill, etc etc. Most common problem is getting the ratio or meat, bone and organ just right, not any kinds of bacterial infections.
Wolves bury their prey because they do not want it to go to waste, not to cook it. In fact, burying meat in the ground (in soil) will actually slow down its decomposition. (read this in a text book in college) So logical conclusion here is that they bury their food to keep it as fresh as possible.
I do agree about the hormones, that is why it is advised to feed your dogs/cats free range meats, but really, most are going with what they can afford here. But you said it yourself, the hormones do not get cooked out, which is also a contributing factor to obesity in humans. So on this point, what makes the commercial food better than raw?