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September 2026 (opens the original)
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Could curcumin help cats with chronic kidney disease?In this intriguing study, 16 cats with IRIS stage 3 chronic kidney disease received either standard treatment or standard treatment plus 80 mg of curcumin per day for 60 days. Cats receiving curcumin had lower SDMA, reduced urinary protein over time, improved antioxidant status, and favorable changes in markers of inflammation and cell damage.The SDMA results were particularly interesting. Both groups started around 38 μg/dL. After 60 days, av
August 2026 - Special Report (opens the original)
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Kitten Milk Replacer recallWe are still in the thick of kitten season. If you foster, you need to know about the latest recall of Revival Animal Health’s kitten milk replacer due to multiple vitamin and mineral deficiencies. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BJXh!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-
Special Alert: Darwin's - The Nail in the Coffin? (opens the original)
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I’ve covered Darwin’s many times (August 2023, August 2025, October 2025). It has repeatedly fallen afoul of food safety regulations. Since 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has found multiple foodborne pathogens — Salmonella, Listeria, and even Shiga Toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), multiple times in Darwin’s raw dog and cat food. <a class=
August 2026 Newsletter (opens the original)
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A couple of interesting issues have just come up that you may see media buzz about, so I want to give you a heads-up.Toxins in canned cat food?A new study is causing some angst in the pet food world. Researchers measured advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) in 26 commercial cat foods. AGEs are compounds created during cooking. “Mildly cooked” foods had the lowest levels, dry foods had more, and canned foods contained about three times more of certain AGEs (mostly one specific AGE) than the oth
July 2026 (opens the original)
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Declawing now banned in all of CanadaAt last, all paws will be protected in the Great Nation of Canada! Ontario joins the other nine provinces and three territories on January 1, 2027, when declawing will finally be prohibited.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_4xd!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe80d68c9-dcbb-4493-a84d-b
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