Raw Chicken Necks For Dogs

The study which examined 27 dogs with apn found that of the 27 26 ate raw chicken as part of their diets.

Raw chicken necks for dogs. With an approximate 65 meat and 35 bone ratio these necks are ideal for dogs of any breed or size and can be served as a complete diet with the addition of organ meat. Unlike pellets that can have the wrong type of calcium doesn t require chewing doesn t clean teeth and can actually stick to teeth requiring expensive. Hearty chicken taste with a fun crunch your dog will love. The team studied 27 dogs with symptoms of apn and 47 dogs without examining physical symptoms and interviewing the owners about recent behaviours and diet.

Campylobacter is found on and in 70 of chicken meat due to husbandry intensive farming practices and chicken processing methods. The same hypothesis is being extended to dogs as there is a correlation between dogs having the disease and recently eating raw chicken necks which carry bacteria including campylobacter. Therefore all raw chicken is the problem and the main cause of apn. I think that s a stretch and i m not confident making that jump.

Most dogs that eat chicken necks do not get this disease. One of the most significant changes to my dogs raw meals is the absence of chicken and other poultry. Raw feeders use chicken necks as the perfect most bio availably method of securing your dogs calcium for bone and many other body functions as well as teeth cleaning and jaw strengthening. Feeding dogs raw chicken necks can result in them ingesting thyroid hormone from the thyroid tissue or gland on the neck which over time leads them to develop hyperthyroidism.

I ve been feeding my dogs a raw diet for over twenty years now. This is not a complete diet. The issue with feeding chicken necks to dogs comes into this category. This is one reason to at least avoid feeding your dog the neck of a raw chicken and perhaps look at other body parts.

Focusing on the consumption of raw chicken meat. Primal pet foods chicken necks raw meaty bones are intended for intermittent or supplemental feeding only. Our all natural usda inspected chicken necks provide a chew and crunch your dog will love. I think that it would be unwise to ignore the association that has been made between chicken necks and apn but as will all things i think that the report needs to be taken in context and the true risks weighed up.

Every attempt has been made to ensure that the nutritional information provided is an accurate representation of an actual or average as fed analysis of this product. So in the researchers minds if raw chicken is a camplylobacter is b and apn is c then a b c.