Shelter Dog And Tiger Are Best Friends Forever: Video
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A Cambridgeshire vet treating a dog who could not keep her food down has found five toy cats the animal’s stomach.
Snowy, a white West Highland terrier, was given a routine X-ray after her owner brought her in to the Cromwell Veterinary Group at Huntingdon.
She had been unwell for about two weeks, associate vet Carol Barker said.
Ms Barker, who operated on Snowy and retrieved the toy cats, said: “We were quite surprised when we saw a little cat’s head sticking out of her tummy.”
She said the larger “mother” toy cat was about 5cm (2in), with the other four smaller cats measuring 2.5 cm (1in).
She said Snowy had made a good recovery and was a brighter much happier dog.
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In 2007, pet food that was contaminated with melamine and related compounds made many pets sick. At first, no one knew what caused the problem. An intense and sophisticated search for the cause was begun. In many ways, the work done by scientists in government and the pet food industry was groundbreaking. In this video, Dr. Renate Reimschuessel of the Food and Drug Administration explains what it took to uncover and confirm the presence of the adulterants in pet food
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– Kenn
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By Jane E. Brody For The New York Times
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By Jane E. Brody For The New York Times
A visit to a local supply store for pets has convinced me that many people’s pets eat better than their two-legged companions, or their companion’s children.
Whatever you think your pet needs (dog or cat, that is, I’m not getting into nutrition for birds, rabbits, turtles and the many exotic animals people keep as pets), there is a product ready to meet it: vegetarian, organic, holistic, natural, raw, kosher, all-meat, gluten-free, high-fiber, high-protein, grain-free, low-fat, “lite” and anti-allergy. There are products for young and old pets and those with sensitive skin, sensitive stomachs and sensitive skin and stomachs, as well as foods enriched with supplements like antioxidants, omega-3 fatty acids, glucosamine and chondroitin, the value of which has yet to be established for people, let alone pets.
Do the conscientious pet owners who buy these products really scour the supermarket for the human equivalent of “Grain-Free Optimal Holistic Nutrition for Dogs, Thoughtfully Chosen Whole Food Natural Ingredients in Every Bite,” as proclaimed on the package of Earthborn Primitive Natural dog food? Or baby food like Innova Puppy Food made with turkey, duck, barley, brown rice, apple, tomato, carrot, potato, egg, cottage cheese and alfalfa sprouts?
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By Stephanie Modkins for Examiner.com
Researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and the Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) think dog saliva may be key to the treatment of cancer. What is the basis for their belief? Cancer along with many other diseases that occur in man also does in canines. Therefore, by studying the DNA in dog saliva, blood and tumors, answers to one of the most widespread diseases on earth may be found.
Under the program Canine Hereditary Cancer Consortium, researchers at TGen and VARI will collect samples of dog DNA from a variety of breeds. Their work will not harm any canines and all samples are voluntary. Then, with the data collected, they will create therapeutic remedies helpful to humans and dogs diagnosed with cancer. The hope is to stumble upon a cure.
Of course, a cure for cancer would be monumental. Most Americans have a friend, family member or work associate who has battled against this disease. Also, nearly half of all dogs 10 years and older die from cancer. A sure-fire effective treatment would end a lot of pain and suffering. So, the next time your dog slobbers all over your face, don’t stress. Your four-legged friend just might be the missing link to a few of your medical problems.
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PARIS — The junk food and poor eating habits affecting humans is also killing their four-legged pals, say veterinary surgeons and experts.
Allergies and obesity are reducing the life expectancy of Lassies and Mittens nourished worldwide on industrial foodstuffs, said Gerard Lippert, a Belgian acupuncturist for animals who has just completed a study on the diets of 600 dead dogs.
“Pets, like humans, are victims of junk food,” he told AFP.
Of the 600 furry corpses he examined “those fed on processed foods died three years earlier than those fed on food made in the home.”
Dogs, he added, “originally were omnivores who shared their food with humans.”
Rippert said he was increasingly called on to heal skin, motor and digestive problems as acupuncture was an all-embracing method enabling work on practically all organs.
“Dry dog food and cat food croquettes are over-heated, which destroys vitamins, trace elements and other basic nutritional elements,” he said.
“We don’t know the origin of the proteins in the foods,” he added. “And there’s an excessive amount of cereal, often genetically modified, and very little vegetables.”
“We’re turning our dogs and cats into ruminants,” he said.
Laurence Colliard, a veterinary surgeon and nutritionist located in the Paris suburbs, estimates that only five percent of French pet-owners cook food for their four-legged companions.
France is Europe’s top pet nation — with 7.8 million dogs and 10.7 million cats, according to a 2008 study by the Sofres/Facco polling institute.
“I’m seeing an increasing number of allergies, diarrhea, vomitting, skin dermatitis as well as cases of obesity, specially amid cats because of the excessively high energy content in industrially-produced cat foods,” said Colliard.
Pet owners tend to favour processed foods because of the difficulty of preparing nutritionally balanced meals, which in an ideal world should contain some 50 nutrients as well as meat, vegetables, rice and pasta. An animal’s age, weight and exercise routine also need to be taken into account.
The packs on offer on supermarket shelves also claim as a bonus to reduce nasty urine smells and modify the consistency of animal poop.
The pet food industry was born in England where James Spratt produced the world’s first dog biscuits in 1860.
Some 150 years later, many Internet sites are calling for a return to natural foods for pets.
BARF or Biologically Appropriate Raw Food is a type of pet diet that consists of raw meat, bones, and organs,” says www.barf.com. “It is the practice of feeding domestic pets their evolutionary diet as a way of maximizing their health and longevity.
“Dogs should not eat cooked or processed food,” it adds. “Instead, your pet should consume foods that are similar to a dog?s wild ancestors. This includes bones, fat, meat, and vegetable materials.”
Likewise offers tips for natural home-made meals.
It’s only in the last 100 years we have we been led to believe that dogs cannot survive without packaged food. We are told it would be harmful if we were to give them the scraps from our own home cooked meals. This is pure poppycock!”
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