Resources
Why Dry Food Is Such A Bad Idea
- 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
- The Raw Meat Cat Food Company website - too many wonderful essays and articles to summarize here; this is an absolutely indispensable treasure trove of credible information by a pioneer in raw cat food feeding world
- Terri Grow's wonderful synopsis on "10 Cat Food Myths"
- Michelle Bernard's online essay on "The Truth About Dry Cat Food"
- Raising Cats Naturally, by Michelle Bernard
- "Feeding Your Cat: Know the Basics of Feline Nutrition", by Lisa Pierson, DVM
- 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
- 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
The Mystery of Pet Food Labeling
- What the information on pet food labels tells you and what it doesn't tell you: A Cook College Pet Seminar, April 10, 1994, by David A. Dzanis, DVM, Ph.D., DACVN, Center for Veterinary Medicine
- FDA information for consumers on marketing a pet food product
Getting Educated on the Essentials of Raw Feeding Yourself So You're Not Just Using One Little Ol' Website for Information
- The Feline Nutrition Education Society website
- A Vet's View on Raw Feeding, by Dr. Andrea Tasi
- The "Raw Fed Cats" e-book; all about the "whole prey model" and how to feed a cat raw without grinding anything
- Dr. Debra Zoran's seminal JAVMA article on The Carnivore Connection to Nutrition in Cats (share this with your vet!)
- Nutritional Analysis Tool, University of Illinois (this thing is awesome)
- National Academy of Sciences, Nutrient Requirements of Dogs and Cats
- Committee on Animal Nutrition (National Research Council), Nutrient Requirements of Cats (free PDF executive summary here)
- USDA National Nutrient Database
- A brief, but very sensible essay on the importance of following a tested recipe and not casually improvising when preparing a homemade diet
Fine Tuning Your Knowledge of Cat Nutrition
- Manage and prevent feline diabetes, and learn about the profound role of diet in feline diabetes from
Dr. Elizabeth Hodgkins
- French translation by Susan Holt of of two very important excerpts from of Dr. Hodgkins' book: "The cat is not a small dog", pages 4,5,6,7 and "A lesson in pet food technology", pages 130, 131.
- The history of the Raw Meat Cat Food Company, led by an early adopter and trailblazer in the field of healthy raw feeding for cats, Natascha Wille
- 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
Support and Action
- The Feline Nutrition Education Society (FNES)
- Raw feeding support and information in French
- UK support and action group on raw feeding, United Kingdom Raw Meaty Bones
- Finding a raw-savvy veterinarian, a wonderful resource provided by the Feline Nutrition Education Society
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