Are there home-cooked dietary alternatives for pets with special dietary requirements?
Some pets, such as diabetic cats, have been affected by the recall. BalanceIT provides veterinarians with suitable “prescription” home-cooked diets tailored to specific patient needs. This is a fee-based service. However, veterinarians can try the free trial to obtain nutritional advice. Other clinical nutrition services can also provide dietary information for specific patient needs. Please consult a clinical nutritionist if you have a patient with specific dietary requirements. Q: Why is wheat gluten from a specific source believed to be the common link to all affected foods and pets? A: Gluten is not nephrotoxic. However, initial investigations by Menu Foods suggested that the most likely ingredient linking deaths and illness in animals involved in a feeding trial and reports from pet owners was a specific batch of wheat gluten. Evidence supporting this batch of wheat gluten being the source ingredient includes: • All foods confirmed to have caused illness in pets have links to this
