Rawpetmedics

14/01/2025

Join Drs Nick, Conor and Brendan as we discuss topics on health and nutrition for dogs and cats with a holistic view and biologically appropriate raw feeding.

14/01/2025

Join Drs Conor,Brendan and Nick for another catch up on Mark Robert’s adventures and research. Tuesday 7pm GMT

06/01/2025

We’re back! Join Rawpetmedics Tuesday Live from 7 pm (GMT) Through thick and thin, wind and rain, sleet and snow. Sit down, pour a dram, a glass of wine or even hot cup of real mushroom cocoa whilst you listen to us help navigate new puppy and kitten owners through the mine field of health advice.

01/01/2025

Looking forward to returning back next week with guests galore booked for 2025 Lives across the world looking forward to meeting some of you in person. Keep following for dates and events.

16/12/2024

It’s that time of year again where we stop taking ourselves too seriously, have a glass of mulled wine (…or three 🍷) and have a good old Christmas Quiz 🎄 We always have a quiz about our Rawpetmedics year, and our esteemed quizmaster Kaz Read is back again this year only this time we’ve persuaded her to join us on screen to host proceedings and keep things in check (good luck Karen is all we can say!). Pour yourself your favourite Christmas tipple and join us on Tuesday at 7pm GMT, live here on Facebook or You Tube if you prefer. See you then 🥂

10/12/2024

The paper here on zoo animals, feeding and dentition I was talking about

Fagan, D.A. (1980). Diet consistency and periodontal disease in exotic carnivores. Prepared for the Meeting of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians, Washington D.C., Oct 18, 1980. Published online

10/12/2024

Join Drs Conor and Brendan Rawpetmedics with Dr Penny on feeding carnivores at 2pm ET

10/12/2024

03/12/2024

And TITBIT has it!

I, Conor, was right. Not Bren. Not Nick. Me.

I'm on cloud 9

(at least until my annual shaming at the RPM Big Meaty Quiz of the year on the 17th)

02/12/2024

We all love to involve our canine companions in the holiday celebrations.
Join Drs Nick, Brendan and Conor 7pm (GMT) Tuesday Live as they talk about the treats we can prepare for our furry friends this Christmas and what we should avoid!

26/11/2024

On Clostridium from raw/dry (from my book!)

"Chaban et al. (2010)47 investigated the shedding of Campylobacter by apparently healthy (n=70) and diarrhoeic (n=65) dogs. The diets of all the healthy dogs were recorded and fifteen of them ate some or all raw meat and bone. They found that 58% (41 of 70) of the healthy dogs were shedding Campylobacter (97% of the diarrheic dogs were shedding the bug, though sadly the authors neglected to record a single piece of information regarding their diet at the time). So, even if all the raw-fed dogs were shedding Campylobacter (unlikely), at least half of the dry-fed dogs were, too.

And, unlike raw dog food, authors have isolated the same species of drug-resistant Campylobacter jejuni from a dog fed a commercial dry diet as detected in a girl infected with the same species.48"

47 Chaban, B., Ngeleka, M. and Hill, J.E. (2010). detection and quantification of 14 Campylobacter species in pet dogs reveals an increase in species richness in f***s of diarrheic animals. BMc Microbiology, 10:73

48 Damborg, P., olsen, K.E.P, Nielsen, E.M. et al. (2004). occurrence of Campylobacter jejuni in pets living with human patients infected with C. jejuni. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 42(3): 1363–1364

26/11/2024

Guys - technical difficulties. Bear with us!

26/11/2024

Tuesday is back and Rawpetmedics are up for another QnA Tuesday live. If you have any questions post them here. Please try and keep them to nutrition and health.😊see you at 7pm GMT