folic acid during pregnancy? Heard giving a pregnant dog a quarter tab of folic acid was good during pregnancy...never heard this before. Any breeders use folic acid? |
I have heard of it but never researched it. It is something I woud like to hear more about. |
It is a widely held belief that Folic Acid helps to prevent cleft palates. Some feel it also helps lessening labor time and easing delivery. Folic Acid, Cleft Palates, and Whelping Problems |
Interesting. I've heard it's good for pregnant people. Are cleft palates common in dogs (in general)? (never heard of one with it) Or is it the small dogs like Yorkies, et al.? If the latter is it an over breeding thing that contributes to the palate issue or something common to small dogs? Inquiring minds want to know! guess there's a pill for everything...what other "things" are given to prevent "other" common (??) issues? I think a breeder needs to be a doctor these days!! |
Strange study. It says in there "and in all these litters not one clef palate or hare lip." Yet nothing in the history states there was a history of this prior to the introduction of the folic acid supplements. |
Here is an interesting article I have posted before about birth defects in dogs: Birth Defects in Dogs. Exposure to chemical, under nutrition and over nutrition can cause a wide variety of problems to fetus development. Personally I think it is best to just give the momma a good quality puppy food or all stages of life food throughout her pregnancy and do not give supplements. |
I dont give a supplement of folic acid to my dogs, but I do make sure their dog food contains folic acid. To date, I've never produced a cleft palate... knock on wood! |
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Interesting. It prevents neural tube defects in human fetuses. Never heard that it could help doggies too. |
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In the general population, there is about a 1 in 1000 chance of a baby having one of the defects. In a family with the history of the defect (especially in a sibling) the rate rises 40 times! That's why I was questioning the study. It's kind of like saying "I didn't make any left hand turns today and I didn't have an accident. So that means turning right prevents accidents". Without knowing if you have a history of having accidents when you do make a left hand turn, it's just pulling something out of the air. KWIM? In the case of the study, without knowing if her breeding program had a history of clefts prior to the introduction of folic acid, it's (in my mind) not a logical conclusion to say that the reason her lines don't have clefts is because of the folic acid. |
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Just heard that from a breeder and was wondering as I didn't think I had seen anything like that on this forum before. I don't think it's given (in this case ) to say "see, no cleft palates, so it's the folic acid" rather it's given (or suggested to be given) as a "preventative" process --- kinda like giving them calcium after whelping...as a preventative to eclampsia...etc. If it doesn't hurt, and even if it doesn't help, why not give it? Just like a lot of advice given for pregnant women...no real "proof" something may help...just as a preventative "just in case". Anyway, just thought it was something new and was wondering. |
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