Anima Books
books by holistic veterinarian Dr Christine King
Feeding Miss Lilly
This section contains excerpts from Feeding Miss Lilly, revised edition, along with commentaries on recent studies and other interesting things that are relevant to this topic. I'll continue to add to it, because this subject fascinates me, so check back often.
Enjoy!
Dr Christine King
Excerpts
The Splendid Miss Tiger Lilly — Miss Lilly to her friends — was my own beloved mutt, and this book is about how I fed her
Imagine if going to the grocery store is just a matter of selecting from the range of dry and canned food in the human-food aisle
Chapter 1: Dogs are carnivores
Perhaps the single most important thing to understand is that dogs are carnivores
Chapter 2: Carnivores eat the entire animal
Muscle meat is not a complete food for a carnivore
Articles
Genetic adaptation to starch in dogs
Dogs are not well equipped to make good use of dietary starch in anything more than small amounts
Diet and disease
Over time, the likelihood, variety, and severity of disease all increase in dogs on conventional dogfood diets