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A "must read" book by Dr. Elizabeth Hodgkins: "Your Cat - Simple Secrets to a Longer, Stronger Life"

Ann Martin's groundbreaking work, "Food Pets Die For"

A terrific book on homeopathy by Don Hamilton, DVM: "Homeopathic Care for Cats and Dogs"

A fresh look at animal health by Richard Pitcairn, DVM: "Natural Health for Dogs and Cats"

An essential for your library - Michelle Bernard's groundbreaking book: "Raising Cats Naturally"

National Academy of Sciences' "Nutrient Requirements of Dogs and Cats"

An incredibly nifty book full of natural remedies by Martin Zucker: "Natural Remedies for Cats"

What started it all - "Pottenger's Cats: A Study in Nutrition"

A thick and useful tome: "Nutrient Requirements of Cats"

Information & Resources

Quick links:

• Essential reading on reasons to not feed dry food
• Decoding pet food labels
• Tools and tips for getting smart on making your own cat food
• Fine tuning your knowledge of feline nutrition
• Support & action

Essential reading on reasons to not feed dry food.

• Journal of the American Veterinary Association, 1 December 2002 (Volume 221, Number 11), Timely Topics in Nutrition, "The Carnivore Connection to Nutrition in Cats", Debra L. Zoran
  http://www.catinfo.org/zorans_article.pdf


• Michelle Bernard's online essay on "The Truth About Dry Cat Food"
  http://www.blakkatz.com/dryfood.html


• Raising Cats Naturally, by Michelle Bernard
  


• "Feeding Your Cat: Know the Basics of Feline Nutrition", by Lisa Pierson, DVM
  http://www.catinfo.org/


• Your Cat: Simple Secrets to a Longer, Stronger Life, by Dr. Elizabeth Hodgkins
  


• Commentary from a 2003 American Veterinary Medical Association Convention on the "Catkins Diet"


• Dr. Elizabeth Hodgkins' online material on links between feline diet, diabetes, and obesity.


• Summary of study, conducted with funding from the Morris Animal Foundation, by staff endocrinologists at the Animal Medical Center in New York on controlling diabetes with a high protein, low carbohydrate diet
  http://www.morrisanimalfoundation.org/current_studies


• Food Pets Die For: Shocking Facts About Pet Food, by Ann N. Martin and Michael W. Fox (New Sage Press)
  


• Letter to Tim Loughton, MP, from Chrissie Nicholls, Head of Information and Media Services, British Veterinary Association, 15 December 2004
  http://www.ukrmb.co.uk/showcontent.toy?contentnid=7220

Decoding pet food labels

• What the information on pet food labels tells you and what it doesn't tell you
  http://petcaretips.net/reading-pet-food-label.html


• FDA information for consumers on marketing a pet food product
  http://www.fda.gov/cvm/consumerpetfood.html

Tools and tips for getting smart on making your own cat food

• Nutritional Analysis Tool, University of Illinois (this thing is awesome)
  http://nat.crgq.com/mainnat.html


• National Academy of Sciences, Nutrient Requirements of Dogs and Cats
  


• Committee on Animal Nutrition (National Research Council), Nutrient Requirements of Cats
  http://www.nap.edu/books/0309036828/html/index.html


• USDA National Nutrient Database
  http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/


• A brief, but very sensible essay on the importance of following a tested recipe and not casually improvising when preparing a homemade diet
  http://www.caberfeidh.com/NaturalDiet.htm

Fine tuning your knowledge of feline nutrition

• Manage and prevent feline diabetes, and learn about the profound role of diet in feline diabetes from Dr. Elizabeth Hodgkins
  http://www.yourdiabeticcat.com/


• Chapter on feline nutrition in online version of Feline Future's The Backyard Predator
  http://www.felinefuture.com/nutrition/bpo_ch1.php


• Pottenger's Cats: A Study in Nutrition, available from the Price-Pottenger Foundation
  


• A list of some of the better commercial canned foods available, by Dr. Lisa Pierson
  http://www.catinfo.org/commercialcannedfoods.htm

Support & action

• Files and links on nutrition, including testimonials of caregivers of cats with IBD on link between diet and digestive health, at the Yahoo e-groups Feline IBD website
  http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/FelineIBD/


• UK support and action group on raw feeding, United Kingdom Raw Meaty Bones
  http://www.ukrmb.co.uk/

 

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