Barf
THAT IS BARF?
Literally translated of the English, BARF originally is acronym of ?Bones And Raw Foods?: Crude bones and Foods, but to the Dr Ian Billinghurst it likes that also it is it of ?Biologically Appropriate Raw Food?: Biologically Appropriate Crude foods. One is to feed the dogs suitably. The BARF goal is to maximize the health, longevity and reproductive capacity, so that the necessity of veterinary intervention is diminished. How you feed your dog a suitable diet? Feeding the diet to him that he evolucinó to eat. It is an evolutionary diet, is biologically appropriate a crude food diet.
Although originally this diet studied for dogs, is perfectly applicable to the cats, understanding the nutricionales differences. Basically cradle in fresh, crude, integral foods is a natural diet for dogs (or cats) the most seemed possible to which eats a canine one (or félido) in wild state and that totally excludes the administration from commercial foods. This diet is not how the bible, are several versions of her and all is valid, the question is to find what better it adapts each animal.
Many to accept this new concept of nutrition canine (and feline) are difficult and suppose a very great step letting give foods commercial (broad and piensos) and begin to administer crude bones. Before taking this step, it agrees to study and to understand the concept of these diets and knowledge at every moment well which is more appropriate for each animal, understanding the sources of nutrients that each food provides and the state of health of the amimal.
This Web it as much tries to be a point of beginning in this study for owners of dogs and cats how for veterinarians who look for to provide to their animals a diet it heals and natural, so I hope that it is to you of utility and not dudeis in sending any suggestion or commentary to me.
Note: An animal that takes medication to suppress the immune system or whose immune system is of any other way jeopardizes does not have to eat crude meat nor crude bones. I do not recommend to feed a diet with crude foods any animal that lives in the same house with some person whose immune system is it jeopardize or by some disease or medication.
If you want to extend this information visits the page of the Dra. Dolores Sanchez-Peñalver, Medical Homeópata Veterinary medicine in www.weim.net/sanpan/BARF/barf.htm