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Ingredient: Freeze-Dried Raw Meat · topper
Plain-language summary
Nutritional benefit depends on the base diet; pathogen risk exists in raw formats.
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Cited studies (2)
Canine studies
- Standardized amino acid digestibility and nitrogen-corrected true metabolizable energy of frozen and freeze-dried raw dog foods using precision-fed cecectomized and conventional rooster assays.Oba PM, Utterback PL, Parsons CM, Templeman JR, Swanson KS · Journal of animal science · 2023Study summaryVery limited qualityDesign score 2/11DesignJournal ArticleSpeciesdogSample sizeNot reportedDurationNot reportedControls / blindingNot reportedFundingNot reportedStrengths
- Conducted in dogs
Limitations- Sample size not recorded
- No control group recorded
- Study duration not recorded
Relevance to this claim: Ingredient-level evidence for Freeze-Dried Raw Meat
DOI: 10.1093/jas/skad311 - Rapid Screening for Salmonella in Raw Pet Food by Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification.Domesle KJ, Young SR, Ge B · Journal of food protection · 2021Study summaryVery limited qualityDesign score 2/11DesignJournal ArticleSpeciesdogSample sizeNot reportedDurationNot reportedControls / blindingNot reportedFundingNot reportedStrengths
- Conducted in dogs
Limitations- Sample size not recorded
- No control group recorded
- Study duration not recorded
Relevance to this claim: Ingredient-level evidence for Freeze-Dried Raw Meat
DOI: 10.4315/JFP-20-365
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