What Is Causing The Increase In Chronic Disease In Cats?
According to Will Falconer, DVM, the diseases that are quite common in cats now were virtually unknown in the late 70’s.
Cats didn’t have thyroid problems, and hyperthyroidism was not in the books or the exam rooms.
Chronic diseases such as heartworm (a dog disease originally), asthma, kidney failure, inflammatory bowel disease, dental calculus and decay, heart disease, and cancer are fairly commonplace now in the feline population.
Wild cats like the lynx and bobcat are not experiencing these chronic degenerative diseases. Wolves don’t die of heartworm disease or have dirty teeth.
We are actually causing these chronic diseases to become more prevalent by administering annual vaccines, feeding toxic food, and using topical flea poisons that warn us not to get them on our skin. You can read the full story by clicking on the following link:
January 28th, 2010 5:01 pm
That was a really interesting article. I haven’t read all of it yet but it looks like a lot of people are trying to get away from all the shots these dogs and cats get which I am thrilled to hear about. I am going to do some more research on some things to feed for the immune system.
February 14th, 2010 5:09 pm
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