Be in no doubt Feline Chronic Gingivostomatitis is a cruel, devastating disease of cats forced to consume junk food. In Raw Meaty Bones: Promote Health (2001) I wrote: Screaming cat disease Another disease peculiar to cats and associated with much pain arises secondary to periodontal disease (a virus is also said to be involved). Commonly […]
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Neil Young was distraught about the death of musician friends addicted to heroin. He recorded his plaintive warning The Needle and the Damage Done. I’ve seen the needle and the damage done A little part of it in everyone But every junkie’s like a settin’ sun In 2007 when Duncan Roads the editor of Nexus
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In early July 2023, as the Multi-Billion-Dollar Pet Food Fraud publicity campaign was winding down, Palamedes the publicists made one last pitch to the UK media in case there was a willingness to do their job—that is to inform and thus help protect their audience. Sad to say the pitch produced below found no takers.
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In a LinkedIn post Royal Canin tell their 261,632 followers: Do you know all the benefits of a healthy weight for our four-legged friends? We have listed a few in the infographic below. Check them out! If your pet is struggling with obesity, a veterinarian should be your first ally to tackle this condition. #RoyalCanin #ABetterWorldForPets #WeightManagement Royal Canin
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In this instalment we look at some of the scientific, political and legal aspects that potentially flow from an acceptance that the Cybernetic Hypothesis of Periodontal Disease in Mammalian Carnivores may have some validity. To that extent, validity was bestowed on the Hypothesis when first published as a Feature Article in the March 1994 Journal
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Life as we know it is a multi-dimensional interactive whole with infinite permutations rolling through space and time. I asked Bing Artificial Intelligence about the conventional linear reductionist approach that underpins much of veterinary teaching and thought and was advised: It is a method of understanding complex systems by breaking them down into smaller parts
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Nothing occurs in isolation; everything occurs in context. James Lovelock provided the intellectual framework using his example of Daisyworld. Wikipedia tells us: Daisyworld, a computer simulation, is a hypothetical world orbiting a star whose radiant energy is slowly increasing or decreasing. It is meant to mimic important elements of the Earth-Sun system, and was introduced by James Lovelock and Andrew Watson in a paper
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There’s plenty of information at https://www.thepetfoodcon.com/cybernetic-hypothesis-of-periodontal-disease-in-mammalian-carnivores/ that visitors can read for themselves. However, I believe it may be helpful to provide a commentary that may illuminate what I believe to be a fruitful line of enquiry. The genesis of the Hypothesis started way back in time. As a starting point I’ll mention the wonderful chance
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Back in January 2003, the American Veterinary Medical Law Association (AVMLA) reviewed Raw Meaty Bones: Promote Health. It’s an excellent, fair and positive review that ends with the suggestion: ‘It forces us all to take a closer look at what we are feeding our pets, and to consider what really motivates commercial pet food manufacturers—their
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Watch any pet food ad on the TV and it will be glamourising the ownership of pets, regardless of your ability to afford the purchase price and ongoing maintenance needs. It will communicate the idea that the packaged/canned products provide the most suitable, safe sustenance for every pet little and large. The vet profession riding
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