I have been asked to try and find any UK links to good canine nutrition by someone who is doing some research. Any pointers on the nutritional requirements of dogs anyone?

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Not sure, if you are looking for dog foods or information about nutrition - has it to be a UK website?

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Dagmar Scherer
Animal Therapist

The non plus ultra source of info on the nutritional requirements of dogs (and cats, which is what I use it for) has to be this: Nutrient Requirements of Dogs and Cats
with excerpts found here: Nutrient requirements of dogs and cats - Google Books

Someone posted a link a week or so ago about canines digestive tracts etc but I can't remember who :s

I did loads of research when I got my first dog as she had problems with commercial foods!

I would suggest googling canine digestive tracts and going from there as it explains how they have short digestive tracts so process raw meat/bones/ organs easier without putting a strain on the system

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Nutrition. Well I think she has a lot of info from USA - so as long as its not American I guess she'll be grateful for it. Thanks yeah found that earlier, thanks.

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Check out my English Shepherds
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Breed for a useful dog and you often get a beautiful, useful dog... breed only for a beautiful dog and you are on your own in the useful department.

A lot of the information re nutritional requirements comes from the US. Doesn't mean that it is necessarily just US research but that it has been pulled together for organisations such as AAFCO, who put out guidelines re canine and feline nutrition and who need to have the evidence base.

Even the European equivalent - the FEDIAF - uses those reports for their guidelines.

Personally, since nutritional guidelines apply to dogs/cats regardless of the country in which they live, I don't mind whether the source of information comes from the US.

I suppose she doesn't mind where it comes from but has already researched in the U.S.

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Check out my English Shepherds
http://www.edenvillage.co.uk

Breed for a useful dog and you often get a beautiful, useful dog... breed only for a beautiful dog and you are on your own in the useful department.

http://jn.nutrition.org/content/121/...l/S22.full.pdf

http://journals.cambridge.org/downlo...840b894cced959

The Evolutionary Basis for the Feeding Behavior of Domestic Dogs (Canis familiaris) and Cats (Felis catus)

I believe it is important to know that the AAFCO (Association of American Feed Control Officials) is not a government body, but a volunteer organisation. The AAFCO establishes standard definitions for ingredients and nutritional requirements. Bear in mind that members of the AAFCO are also business insider and not objective scientists, so they will have an interest in the profitability of certain products.

I am an Animal Therapist and did LOTS of research to dog nutrition and if she does not mind that it is an Australian website, here is a lot of knowledge to gain and it is all for free: Free Home Made Dog Food Recipes
I put it all into Newsletters.

Dagmar

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Dagmar Scherer
Animal Therapist

Well, the same is true for the European equivalent - the Fediaf, which is a federation that promotes guidelines but has no regulatory power as such. Or, indeed, for the UK PFMA - Pet Food Manufacturer Association.

However, they are not pushing products as such. I think that statement is a tad misleading. And the members of either organisation (US or Europe) may be business leaders, but imo that doesn't mean that the research on which the nutritional guidelines (which I have said before is laid out rather nicely and thoroughly in the NRC book) are based are invalidated by their membership.