|Articles|December 27, 2016

One potentially harmful pet food myth

Author(s)Martha Cline, DVM, DACVIM (Nutrition)

Owners need to be informed of the risks of raw-meat based diets, otherwise there becomes room for potentially harmful dietary beliefs. Martha Cline, DVM, DACVN, says it's time to intervene.

Martha Cline, DVM, DACVN, knows how hard it is to create a harmful myth regarding pet food. However, she also realizes how simple the wrong thought regarding a patient's diet can turn into something that could potentially harm an animal, especially when it comes to the topic of raw-meat based diets. This is something that should be intervened. Watch her talk more on it here.

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One potentially harmful pet food myth

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