How a puppy’s diet can affect health - recent study

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A recent article published in the scientific ‘Nature’ journal has some interesting conclusions regarding the importance of a puppy’s early diet on adult gastrointestinal health:

“We found that feeding a non-processed meat-based diet and giving the dog human meal leftovers and table scraps during puppyhood (2–6 months) and adolescence (6–18 months) were protective against CE* later in life. Especially raw bones and cartilage as well as leftovers and table scraps during puppyhood and adolescence, and berries during puppyhood were associated with less CE. In contrast, feeding an ultra-processed carbohydrate-based diet, namely dry dog food or “kibble” during puppyhood and adolescence, and rawhides during puppyhood were significant risk factors for CE later in life.”

* CE is Chronic Enteropathy which is a term used to describe non-specific gastrointestinal issues (vomiting / diarrhoea) that last 3 weeks or more and are not related to diagnosed parasite / bacterial infection / cancer etc.

The full published article is on this link:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-27866-z