A 10th study now supports the use of nutritionally-sound plant-based dog food for our dogs
Linde A, Lahiff M, Krantz A et al. (2024). Domestic dogs maintain positive clinical, nutritional, and haematological health outcomes when fed a commercial plant-based diet for a year. Peer reviewed and published in PLOS ONE April 2024
The study conducted by vet Dr Annika Linde and colleagues included fifteen clinically healthy adult dogs living in households in California. The dogs ate dry food from V-Dog. The scientists evaluated clinical, haematological and nutritional parameters in dogs at 0, 6, and 12 months. The evaluations measured complete blood count, blood chemistry, cardiac biomarkers, plasma amino acids and serum vitamin concentrations.
Throughout the study period, the dogs maintained their health based on these evaluations. Plant-based dog foods provide pets with all essential amino acids, while maintaining L-taurine (plasma) and L-carnitine (serum) levels. What’s more, eating a plant-based diet may have addressed a nutritional deficiency.
“Almost half (7 of 15) of the dogs presented with insufficient levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D at baseline,” the researchers wrote. “In contrast, we found that Vitamin D levels normalised in most dogs at six months (6 of 7 Vitamin D insufficient dogs), and all dogs at 12 months, which was achieved with plant-based dog food alone and without supplement use.”
Proteins from plants can serve as nutritious dog food ingredients that meet pets’ needs equally to animal-based ingredients.
This latest published paper in PLOS ONE makes 10 positive studies showing health benefits of a nutritionally sound plant-based diet for dogs which is in direct contrast to an astounding 85 papers AGAINST the use of raw feeding!
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Dr Jo works for an independent vet practice in Devon and she asked some very valid questions during a lunch and learn about plant-based dog nutrition at her practice. Her main focus in practice is around treating dogs with atopic skin conditions due to sensitivities,...
