AggieRob93 said:
Would like to see the study which links these foods to cardiomyopathy.
Before being accused of being a "premium" food shill, I feed Pro Plan to my pups. I have fed TOTW, Merrick, Acana, and Orijen in the past, but always moved back to Pro Plan. Just couldn't see spending the extra money for those brands, but personally have nothing against them, at least at this point.
Probably a flyer at a vet office.Jason_InfinityRoofer said:
Rachael Ray has a dog food product line?
Also, they misspelled her first name. I don't want to be 'that guy', but for a professional organization trying to push supposed technically competent information, I judge harshly for this. I now question the validity of everything in the list.
I find this interesting. Zoos supposedly went the opposite direction because they were killing off animals by providing diets and treats with grain / carb to animals that wouldn't have eaten it in the wild.DVM97 said:
I feed Purina Proplan, the above diets are likely "grain free" which has been linked to cardiomyopathies.
DVM97 said:
I feed Purina Proplan
Agreed.Fightin TX Aggie said:
Our dogs love this stuff, so hopefully it's vet-approved.
RealTalk said:Probably a flyer at a vet office.Jason_InfinityRoofer said:
Rachael Ray has a dog food product line?
Also, they misspelled her first name. I don't want to be 'that guy', but for a professional organization trying to push supposed technically competent information, I judge harshly for this. I now question the validity of everything in the list.
The website linked has her name spelled correctly. Maybe you shouldn't be too quick to judge.
Fightin TX Aggie said:
Our dogs love this stuff, so hopefully it's vet-approved.
zooguy96 said:
No Ol Roy on that there list.
Quote:
December 23, 2022:
FDA does not intend to release further public updates until there is meaningful new scientific information to share. A count of reports of DCM in dogs submitted to FDA as of November 1, 2022, has been added to Questions & Answers: FDA's Work on Potential Causes of Non-Hereditary DCM in Dogs. FDA has followed up on a subset of these reports, but is unable to investigate every report to verify or confirm the reported information. While adverse event numbers can be a potential signal of an issue with an FDA regulated product, by themselves, they do not supply sufficient data to establish a causal relationship with reported product(s). FDA continues to encourage research and collaboration by academia, veterinarians, and industry.
DVM97 said:
I feed Purina Proplan, the above diets are likely "grain free" which has been linked to cardiomyopathies. This has been a topic in veterinary medicine for years. I'm not a nutritionist or cardiologist, so I have no idea how/why there is a link between those diets and this heart condition.
I generally recommend Proplan or Hill's Science Diet, both these brands have decades of research and science behind them. I'm not a big fan of boutique diets, mostly because I don't think they are any "better".
DVM
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has identified 16 brands of dog foods the majority of them labelled "grain free" that it says are most frequently associated with a potentially deadly canine heart condition.
Canine dilated cardiomyopathy, or DCM, is a disease that causes the muscle wall of a dog's heart to thin, weakening the organ and making it harder to pump blood. Congestive heart failure, a buildup of fluid in the chest and abdomen, can result. Affected dogs may seem tired, lose weight and suddenly collapse.
The FDA's ongoing investigation into a "potential connection between certain diets and cases of canine heart disease" focused on 515 reports of DCM in dogs received between Jan. 1, 2014 and April 30.
Of the dog-food brands on the FDA's list, 91 percent of the products were labelled grain-free (did not contain corn, soy, wheat, rice, barley or other grains), while 93 per cent contained peas, lentils (including chickpeas and beans), or potatoes (including sweet potatoes).
zooguy96 said:
No Ol Roy on that there list.
A.G.S.94 said:
I don't keep up with dog food brands to any extent, but I wonder how many of these are cottage/private business brands? I notice none of the major players made the list (unless some of these are sub-brands of a major brand). For example, Purina is owned by Nestle who is major player on the global scene. I would imagine it would take a lot to get someone like them to make a list like this.
Then again, maybe I am just a conspiracy theorist ;-)
