Can someone please tell me why, based on ingredients, you think Science Diet is a good food to feed your dog?
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Science Diet Adult (Active formula):
Corn meal, chicken by-product meal (including white meat, dark meat, liver and other internal organs), animal fat (preserved with BHA, propyl gallate and citric acid), dried beet pulp, vegetable oil, dried egg product, flaxseed, preserved with BHT and BHA, minerals (potassium chloride, iodized salt, ferrous sulfate, zinc oxide, copper sulfate, manganous oxide, calcium iodate, sodium selenite), vitamins (choline chloride, vitamin A supplement, vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin E supplement, niacin, thiamine, calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, folic acid, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement).
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Science Diet Puppy:
Ground Whole Grain Corn, Chicken By-Product Meal, Soybean Meal, Animal Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), Dried Beet Pulp, Chicken Liver Flavor, Dicalcium Phosphate, Brewers Rice, Fish Oil, Flaxseed, Soybean Oil, Iodized Salt, Choline Chloride, Vitamin E Supplement, vitamins (L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Potassium Chloride, minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), preserved with Mixed Tocopherols and Citric Acid, Beta-Carotene, Rosemary Extract.
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LOL, looks like I’m preaching to the choir!
Not a single Science Diet feeder has spoken up yet to support their food of choice.
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RE: “If it’s so terrible why do VETS recommend it?”
The vast majority of vets know nothing about nutrition.
Vets don’t get classes on the specific nutritional requirements of different animals. They get classes such as “Small Animal Surgery”, not classes like “Canine Nutrition” or “Feline Nutrition”.
Here are the required classes at a veterinary school:
http://courses.k-state.edu/catalog/undergraduate/vm/requirements.html
You’ll see there are virtually no courses specific to a certain species or breed of animals.
Here’s a good article from the “Wall Street Journal”: http://www.4pawsu.com/vet_dogfood.htm
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