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Originally Posted by pstinard  The ACVN has a list of all of the veterinary nutritionists in the US on this page: Diplomate Directory American College of Veterinary Nutrition
If you click on "more information," you can find out where they are and what they are doing.
If you follow a dog all of the way until old age on a feeding trial, I wonder whether you can wait for them to die of natural causes and then perform an autopsy to gather the final data? |
That would certainly be ONE option!!....I know poor food will show up rather quickly in the dogs appearance, vitality, mental and emotional condition, etc.....even stools....junk in, junk out. Kidney function, liver issues, and cardiac issues will follow relatively soon.....clinical feeding trials are realistic and dogs clearly can not stay on a feeding trial the entire life of the dog. Valid clinical feeding trials do last several years, as opposed to several days or weeks or even months. I would much rather these trials be done in a clinical research setting, than throwing dog food out on the general public, then after several years a cluster of pet owners have dogs dying with liver and kidney failure, or allergy issues, skin conditions, poor coats, etc. I do not want to feed any dog food where the manufacturer is using me and my pets as their clinical trial subjects! Let them do the valid research and the feeding trials, then when proven to do and be what it claims to do and be, I will then be happy use it!