The-Truth-About-Pet-Foods

Diets used: “Complete and balanced” premium processed pet foods.*
Dr. Wysong’s comments: I strongly agree. Indeed, diet can either cause
or prevent disease. This is what research decades old has clearly
shown. Belief in the “100% complete” myth is the greatest of all
threats to modern pet health.
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Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association,
Volume 202, pages 744-51
Development of chronic renal disease
in cats fed a commercial diet
S.P. DiBartola, DVM; C.A. Buffington, DVM, PhD; D.J. Chew, DVM;
M.A. McLoughlin, DVM, MS; R.A. Sparks, DVM
Summary: Cats which were fed a commercial food exclusively since
they had been kittens developed chronic renal disease.
Diet used: “Complete and balanced” premium processed pet foods.*
Dr. Wysong’s Comments: More proof that “100% complete and balanced”
processed foods can create disease.
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Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association,
Volume 191, pages 1563-8
Potassium depletion in cats:
Hypokalemic polymyopathy
Steven W. Dow, DVM, MS; Richard A. LeCouteur, BVSc, PhD;
Martin H. Fettman, DVM, PhD; Thomas L. Spurgeon, PhD
Summary: “Generalized weakness of acute onset, apparent muscular pain,
and persistent ventroflexion of the neck were observed in 6 cats. These
clinical findings were associated with a low serum potassium concentration
and high serum creatine kinase activity... The owners reported
that all 6 cats had been fed a commercial diet exclusively for periods
of at least 6 months before onset of muscle weakness.”
Diet used: “Complete and balanced” premium processed pet foods.*
Dr. Wysong’s Comments: More proof that “100% complete and balanced”
premium processed pet foods can create disease.
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