DERMATOLOGY
There is no evidence that raw foods are superior
to cooked foods as an elimination diet. When proteins are heated they become less allergenic. In
addition raw food diets place the dog and owner
at increased risk of exposure to pathogenic Salmonella spp., E. coli, and other microorganisms.9
Commercial novel protein diets
Commercial novel protein diets contain whole
proteins which are not commonly found in dog
foods. Truly “novel” protein is becoming more
difficult to find as the regular diets available increasingly contain more varied and exotic ingredients.
The choice of diet should be made on the basis of
the protein content and should be one which has
not routinely been fed to the pet in the past, and
ideally not at all.7 The