Homemade Dog Food Information
Diet Feline Raw and cooked food diet?
I read in the veterinary and magazine articles that can be accessed at my university and databases, and what people and places have been the publication of raw food diets. It has been tested in cats (mainly in the faeces test) shows a large percentage of salmonella and other bacteria found in dogs and cats that are fed raw. So I'm still doing my cat food at home, but chose to cook outside of the meat. I've been reading a lot about these "living enzymes" that have been lying around without further clarification and heard of cats who lived 20 years eating only dry food. My cat has IBD, so I will make "homemade" food prepared for him. The study used as evidence that the cooked food is bad when taurine was not known so cats that cooked foods were finally showing signs of lack of taurine in the knowledge of today. I want more information and experience in the raw and semi-raw / cooked diet you can give me or how to share / comment. Thanks
There are over salmonella in their feces, no doubt, but almost none of the animals that are infected with it. Their digestive enzymes (or whatever you call 'em) are strong enough to keep bacteria at bay. My vet (who has many customers from raw food), has never seen a case of salmonella in a dog or cat, and I know personally any veterinarian to be. I feel the benefits far outweigh the possible risks, and my cats and a dog, get your own premiums. If only going to gently cook the outside of the flesh, I do not think that is material to the cooked food is thousands of times better than any commercial food, so go for it if you do not want to take the plunge in crude 
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