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季庭 wrote:請問有人使用過vetri DMG提升免疫力滴劑嗎?
翡翠動物保健系列的
麻煩跟我分享一下噢


樓主您好:
不知道這時回覆還來不來得及?

我家兩隻老貓有定期吃Vetri-DMG,主因是年紀太大身體常有小毛病,獸醫治療後建議可以讓牠們吃這個保養身體。

兩隻的情況都不一樣,但都是11歲up的老貓。
老大(11歲):胰臟炎與肝炎(已救回,現階段是定期回診)、一顆腎水腫(但整體腎功能良好),偶爾皮膚病(掉毛)。
老二(11歲):呼吸道反覆疾病(天冷容易感冒)、反覆皮膚炎(這方面有定期搭別的外用藥品、洗劑來處理)。

吃DMG是治療上述毛病時順道投餵,因據聞DMG可以保護貓的肝腎,在兩隻老貓偶有定期看診打針吃藥的情況下,我聽獸醫的建議給牠們定期吃來保養。
對比家裡另外一隻年輕身體好的老三(1歲多),我就沒有對牠餵食DMG了。

MYTH #10: Female Cats Should Have a Litter of Kittens Before They Are Altered
迷思10:母貓在結紮前,至少該生幾隻小貓


This is one of the most common misconceptions.
這是一個極為常見的誤解。

There is no evidence whatsoever that there is any benefit to allowing your female cat to become pregnant and have a litter before she is altered.
沒有証據可以証明結紮前讓你的母貓生一窩小貓能有任何益處。

In fact, cats that are altered before they reproduce have less risk of some serious disease, and they do not contribute to the serious pet overpopulation problem.
事實上,在生育前結紮可以讓貓對於嚴重的疾病有較少的風險,而且也可以降低寵物數量過剩的情況。

The personality of altered cats is just as affectionate, and fare more home-loving, than that of the cat that is interested in breeding.
比起對生育有著興趣的貓咪,結紮後的貓的個性不旦深情,且更愛家。

While cats do tend to become overweight after altering, this problem is very easy to avoid by feeding canned or raw foods rather than dry kibble.
雖然結紮過的貓容易有過重的傾向,但只要藉由餵食罐頭或生肉,而不是乾躁碾磨飼料,這個(過重的)問題很容易避免。

The best time to alter (spay) your female is about three to six months of age.
母貓最佳的結紮(絕育)年齡是三到六個月大的時候。

Your veterinarian can discuss all of the benefits of spaying with you, and will recommend the best time for performing this procedure.
你的獸醫可以向你說明絕育的益處,並給告訴你何時為施行手術過程的最佳時機。




── 十大迷思end ──


MYTH #9: All Cats Should Be Vaccinated Every Year
迷思九:給貓每年施打疫苗



In the past decade, veterinary researchers have discovered that vaccinating pets every year of their lives may be unnecessary and even dangerous to their health.
在過去十年裡,獸醫從研究中發現每年給寵物施打疫苗很可能是不必要的,甚至可能危害寵物的健康。

Years earlier, human researchers learned that people develop very long-lasting immunity from vaccination without frequent boosters.
早些年的時候,研究者已知人類對於疫苗的效果有長效的免疫力,並不需要頻繁的施打。

They also learned that some vaccines had the potential to cause serious, even fatal, reactions in people.
他們還發現有些疫苗會造成人體嚴重甚至致命的反應。

Because of these discoveries, most of us receive very few regular vaccinations after we reach adulthood.
因著這些研究,我們(僅需)接受少量的定期施打疫苗,直至我們成年。

Only when we are exposed to unusual risks (as when we are injured and exposed to tetanus-causing organisms, if we are members of at-risk age groups for flu, or when we travel to certain foreign countries) do we receive “special” vaccinations as adults.
只有在我們曝露於高風險的時候(例如受傷且可能遭到破傷風感染、流感傳染高風險的年齡,或在幾個特定的國家旅行),成年後的我們才會接受”特別施打”。

The tendency to vaccinate pets every year was motivated by good intentions.
建議寵物每年施打疫苗的趨勢本源於好意。

Many epidemic diseases in pets have eradicated, or nearly so, by widespread vaccination of dogs and cats.
許多寵物流行性疾病的根除、或接進根除,是藉由給狗貓廣泛施打疫苗而成的。

In the absence of epidemic situations, however, regular annual vaccination for all of the infectious diseases that affect pets is unwarranted.
然而,在沒有疫情的地區,針對寵物的流行疾病進行每年定期接種疫苗是不必要的。

Be sure to talk at length with your veterinarian about your pet’s risk of exposure before having your cat vaccinated.
給你的貓施打疫苗之前,務必與獸醫詳談關於寵物所曝露的風險程度。










──────tbc.


貓狗也很常見呀,比如口炎,異位性皮膚炎...會用到類固醇的疾病非常多,並沒有很少開這種藥
附上獸醫師對貓口炎治療的介紹
而且因為要減緩淋巴球及漿細胞造成的炎症反應,所以類固醇的給予是必須的。................


@A@" 原來如此……
我還以為重病程度才會需要類固醇,沒想到看起來蠻多病症都會需要用到類固醇來壓制…


ssddss wrote:感謝分享
對於貓肝臟損傷還是類固醇
在我家的貓,2隻都是吃濕食,服用類固醇期間,肝指數全部爆表,停吃後就恢復正常
但這只是我家2隻貓的案例,獸醫作者或許有更多的統計

也認同作者反對"貓對類固醇有相當的耐受力"
我自己在貓吃類固醇時,曾email詢問過2間教學獸醫院的教授們,他們也是給我貓對類固醇無感的答覆
但事實是我家貓服用類固醇時期,got維持在300以上,gpt經常維持在接近500那裡,抽血分離的血清是整個呈現不透明乳白色狀
停掉以後gpt就降回"<10",血清也恢復無色透明
類固醇帶給貓的副作用傷害不只是肝,連腎、血糖也會受影響
類固醇對貓肝的傷害是"可逆性"(我自己比喻的)醫原性的,一旦停吃以後就可能恢復,但一旦引發糖尿病或慢性腎衰竭,就不是停止服用可以讓血糖及腎臟恢復正常

guo6671 wrote:

建議你可以去任一間人醫院或獸醫院諮詢看看有沒有類固醇使用
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ms72103 wrote:破骨細胞的牙炎,是先天性的體質關係

+1

迷失六的部分值得閱讀並求證,這部分有解釋了國內外對於"肉類副產品"的認知差異
迷失七:
我很贊同~一隻健康無虞的貓,可以長期食用天然乾淨、營養均衡的新鮮生肉餐當作主食
但是這跟現實卻可能相違背(有說的這麼簡單就好啦)
野生的貓科動物平均壽命較家中動物短,除了食物安全因素外,就是弱肉強食
野生的動物通常不會終老自然死亡,多數是在成長過程中被幹掉,就算活到老年,獅子也會被鬣狗幹掉
很少能活到慢性病發生的年齡因此走掉的,所以很少聽到大貓罹患糖尿病腎臟病死亡

但是排除掉弱肉強食因素,有多少飼主能長期餵食健康安全無虞的新鮮生肉?
除非讓貓在外自己捕食,但這又有上述危險因素產生

目前生肉觀念及產品才剛剛推出不久(人的菜市場或超市中所購買的生肉,是讓人拿去烹煮後食用的,不是專給動物生吃用的),對於貓咪的健康甚或是慢性病預防,究竟有沒有其宣稱的效果,還需要數量的統計及時間證明


多數是在成長過程中被幹掉+1
印象中以前看過某個貓咪的紀錄片,有時候在特殊的情況下或為了生存權…貓也會同類相殘……(汗)。
天敵再加上生病意外等狀況,野外的貓很少能活超過10歲的…



我想,作者的意思是指「同時」用類固醇跟餵貓吃乾飼料時"可能"的影響。(作者本身的用詞並沒有用"certain、be sure"等…就算結論那裡用了"concluded",前題句還是有個"might be"…)
或許作者觀察到的是相關的現象,暫時沒辦法提供「因果關係」的研究論述;也因此,關於「單獨」使用澱粉是否造成貓咪器官負何等問題,作者沒有明說。

查了一下原書,裡面提到corticosteroids的部分大概快10頁…我目前還沒有時間好好翻譯這幾頁,只能先跟大家說聲抱歉。

類固醇類藥物的問題,其實就我所知,人的病患在使用的病例並不少(我身邊至少有三~四位得到嚴重過敏性皮膚炎、嚴重過敏性氣喘的親友都一度長期使用)。
而貓狗的話,我相信對於病況嚴重的病例來說,類固醇類藥物使用的現象還是存在的;畢竟即使在人的病例中,類固醇類藥物還是有它不可取代的功效。

沒想到迷思八會引起這麼多討論,也謝謝讀者的回覆,我還以為重病的貓狗用類固醇類藥物還蠻常見的?大概是我把嚴重過敏性體質的人的病例盛行率套用在貓狗上了?
另,其實我個人比較糾結迷思九(MYTH #9: All Cats Should Be Vaccinated Every Year)...這篇跟目前台灣獸醫推行"年年打預防針"的觀念頗為衝突……

順說,決定翻譯這本書的時候,大概就猜到裡面有些文句對目前的常識或醫生教的知識有所衝突(無奈笑)。
除了作者本身的用字遣詞比較…"直率"外,還有一些內容,看得出來作者寫的時候是本著"科普"層級來書寫…並沒有附上太多的學術用詞跟長長一串的研究報告(要是作者真的全照學術英文來寫、還附上研究報告,我反而沒勇氣買這本書來看了…英文程度有限唉…)
也因為作者以"科普"的層級來寫,故遇到這種"想要更進一步看研究論文"的時候……真的只能去寫信問作者、問他發表的論文在哪裡了…(汗)。











瓜瓜是總留最後一口不吃完
有時候我還要拿到他面前拜託他吃掉XD

"貓有習性常換食物"
原來如此~不過我不曉得他是不是這樣
買點新的主食罐試試看好了
我有點懷疑是我給他的乾乾太多,他可能覺得不是很餓所以罐頭都吃不多
乾乾給少又怕牠餓到,給多又怕他不吃罐頭= = 好難拿捏


好難拿捏+1....我家老大也是這樣。
會換罐頭當主食也是為了我家老大的身體,但牠很挑,除了鮪魚罐之外其他口味的罐頭吃太多次就不愛吃了…
而且牠喜歡嗜口性的乾飼料>非鮪魚口味的罐頭……

我還在努力讓牠習慣吃罐頭…(無奈笑)

MYTH #8: Cats Tolerate Corticosteroids Without Side Effects
迷思八:類固醇對貓無副作用




In veterinary school, I was thought that cats, unlike dogs, seem to tolerate chronic administration of corticosteroids without serious side effects.
在獸醫學院求學的時候,學院教導我說與狗不同的是,貓似乎較耐於長期使用類固醇,且無嚴重的副作用。

As I practiced with both species, however, I began to realize that this was not necessarily true.
當我開始治療這兩個物種(狗和貓)後,我才發現(學院說貓對類固醇較有耐受性和無嚴重副作用這點)不一定是事實。

I saw numerous cats with signs of liver dysfunction and even diabetes after the received even moderate doses of long-acting injectable steroids or long-term oral steroids.
我看到許多在接受長期可容許劑量的類固醇注射或長期口服類固醇的貓,患上肝病或糖尿病。

It appeared to me that cats were quite sensitive to the potential side effects seen in dogs and humans.
在我看來,貓對(此類藥物)潛在的副作用遠比狗或人來得敏感。

I also observed another strange thing: The cats that seemed most sensitive to side effect from steroid treatments were also the cats that ate dry cat food.
我還觀察到一件奇怪的現象:那些吃乾飼料的貓似乎對類固醇治療的副作用最為敏感。

After researching why this might be, I concluded that feeding of highly processed, high-carbohydrate foods was stressing the cat’s liver and pancreas.
針對此問題研究後,我得到一個結論:經高度加工製成的高碳水化合物飼料,加重貓咪肝臟和胰臟的負荷。

As we have discussed in earlier chapters, this is because these organs in the cat are not suited to handling all of this sugar and processed carbohydrate.
如同前面幾章談到的,這種情況的發生起因於貓的器官並不適合處理糖類和加工製成的碳水化合物。

Constant flooding of the cat’s system with unnatural levels of these substances stresses the two organs most involved in energy metabolism in this species.
這種不正常的物質(指糖類和加工製成的碳水化合物)大量湧進貓的身體時,會對貓體內負責處理代謝的兩大器官(肝臟、胰臟)造成壓迫。

We know that corticosteroids also stress these organs.
而我們也知道,類固醇同樣會造成這兩個器官的壓迫。

When patients who are eating dry foods also receive corticosteroids as part of some disease-management protocol, the combined stresses are too much for the liver and pancreas of some cats to endure.
當那些吃乾飼料的病貓同時接受類固醇這類疾病控制藥物時,兩者(乾飼料與類固醇)結合之後對肝臟和胰臟的壓迫,會超出貓的負荷。

These are the cats that start showing signs of liver dysfunction and diabetes.
接著,這些貓會開始呈現肝病和糖尿病的徵狀。

When I use corticosteroids in my patients eating wet diets without starchy, sugary ingredients, however, I do not see side effects.
當我對那些吃不含澱粉糖類的溼糧的貓病患使用類固醇,則沒有看到副作用的產生。

These cats actually do seem somewhat resistant to the undesirable side effect associated with long-term or high-dose corticosteroid use.
這些(只吃溼糧的)貓似乎對於無論長期或高計量的類固醇副作用都能抵禦。

I advise all of my clients with cats that need steroids to manage their disease, that they must never feed dry cat foods if they wish to minimize the risk of dangerous steroid side effects.
我建議我那些需要用類固醇控病情的貓飼主說:若想避開類固醇的副作用,永遠不要餵牠吃乾飼料。










─── tbc.



MYTH #7: Raw Meat Is Bad for Cats
迷思七:生肉對貓不好






I am often asked about why I feed raw meat to my own cat.
經常有人問我「為什麼你餵你的貓吃生肉?」

Many people believe that feeding raw meat to their pets will lead inevitably to food poisoning.
許多人認為若餵貓吃生肉,將不可避免的引起食物中毒。

This is illogical, because cats evolved over hundreds of thousands of years in adaptation to this very raw meat diet.
這種想法不符合邏輯。因為數十萬年來,貓就是演化為吃生肉的。

In over two decades of veterinary practice, I can honestly say that I have never seen a single case of food poisoning from feeding human-grade raw meat to a cat.
二十多年的獸醫生涯中,我可以誠實的說我從來沒有看過一隻被餵食「人可食用等級的肉」的貓中毒過。

In fact, feeding cats highly processed, cereal-based foods creates far more feline disease than raw meat ever has.
事實上,比起被餵食生肉的貓,那些被餵食高度加工、以穀類為基礎的飼料的貓得到的疾病更多。

Of course, the feeding of raw meat requires care and common sense: feed fresh meat or freshly thawed meat, and add supplements according to good nutritional principles (see www.catnutrition.org).
當然,生肉餵養(法)需要良好的營養學知識:餵給新鮮的生肉或剛解凍的肉類,並根據優良營養的原則添加(見www.catnutrition.org)添加營養補充物。

If you prefer to lightly cook your cat’s meat diet, you may do so without harm to the nutritional benefit.
如果你可以做到只稍微煮一下貓要食用的的肉類,這樣營養價值就不會流失掉。

Be sure to add vitamin supplements after you cook the meat, if you are feeding raw meat only.
如果你只餵貓吃(你烹煮過的)生肉,一定要記得添加維生素補充品。






tbc.






是這樣的喔?
我還以為需要自行覓食的貓都是獵到什麼就吃什麼,(因為不吃就得餓肚子)
野貓會挑食嗎?


我也是看書上寫的…自己養的貓倒是…除非生病不然不挑食(笑)
野貓的話…以前在老家看過野貓會抓幼雞…但或許是我沒看到牠們抓老鼠跟魚吧?

貓的「可獵食用清單」還蠻大的"XD
MYTH #6: *By-Products in Pet Foods Are Bad
迷思六:寵物食品裡的副產物(都)是不好的




You may read that meat by-products in cat foods are low-quality ingredients.
你大概讀過不少關於貓食中(若含有)肉類副產物,則其品質不良(的文宣)。

This is an idea that used by some companies to market their “no-product” foods.
這種想法是由一些訴求”無副產物”的公司推廣出來的。

The truth is, some by-products are inappropriate as part of pet foods, but this is certainly not true of all by-products.
事實上,有些副產物對於寵物食品而言的確是不適合的,但並非所有的副產物都是如此。

In the early days of commercial pet food production, ingredients such as the beaks, feathers, and feet and other poor-quality parts of food animals were used commonly in some pet foods.
在早期,寵物食品常見的組成中可以看到一些添加了諸如鳥喙、羽毛跟蹄以及其他類似這種低品質的食物。

This practice is not a part of the production of better-quality foods, however, especially now that there is significant pressure from the public against the inclusion of such non-nutritious fillers.
這種填充式(而非高營養為基準)的製造方式無助於製造更高品質的食物,而今,對於這種無營養食材的填入,社會大眾也對此施加更多壓力(反對這種製造過程)。

The food category knows as “meat by-products” can include ingredients that are excellent for cats.
食品中有些”肉類副產物”的種類對貓來說是極好的成份。

For example, any part of the beef that is not sold for human consumption, such as the spleen and lungs, is considered a by-product.
例如,牛肉製造過程裡那些不被販售給人吃的部分,像脾、肺等,這些都被視為是一種”(牛肉製造過程剔除的)副產物”。

Such organs from USDA-inspected animals are quite acceptable as part of the diet of the cat.
這些從美國農業部檢驗(合格)的動物取出的器官組織,完全可以作為貓咪的食物。

A food that has no by-products may have large quantities of second- or third-grade processed cereals, vegetables, and fruits.
(若貓的)食物裡完全沒有(上述肉類的)副產物,則可能有的是大量經過二、三級處理過的穀類、蔬果類(所組成)。

With all of these useless, even harmful, ingredients in its foods, the manufacturer can make the seemingly important claim to using no meat by-products.
製造商可以用”無肉類副產物”的訴求來販賣包裝有(經二、三級處理過的穀類、蔬果類)這些無用甚至有害成份的產品。

Yet, its food can be much less nutritious than another product with excellent-quality meat by-products and no useless plant-material ingredients.
然而,這種(訴求無副產物的)產品,比起那些具有高營養的肉類副產物較少植物添加的產品來說,較不具營養價值。

In deciding which canned foods to choose and feed their cat, educated buyers must read pet food labels(see appendix I).
在決定選擇餵貓吃什麼罐頭時,受過(寵物食品相關知識)教育的購買者必需(知道如何)去讀寵物食品的標籤說明(見附錄一)。

Ingredients such as cornmeal, corn flour or grits, rice or rice flour, soy, carrots, potato, sweet potato, and fruit should raise a very big flag.
成份中若有包含:小麥、玉米粉、燕麥粉、米或米糠、大豆、紅蘿蔔、馬鈴薯、紅薯及水果時,應當特別留心。

The best cat foods are made by reputable manufacturers and lack plant-based ingredients.
優良的貓食,應由信譽良好的廠商和非植物基礎所製造為重點。








*為避免我們將我們自己飲食文化裡的肉類副產品(蹼、羽、蹄…等)代入文章造成文意誤解。特此註明:國外肉品製造過程中除了將蹼、羽、蹄等視為副產物,「內臟類」也被視為肉類副產物之一。



tbc.


感謝大大的回答~
定量任食(乾乾)還是可以的我就放心了
否則有時長時間不在家都怕牠餓肚子
我還是固定三餐會給主食罐以免牠水喝不夠多^^
只是最近好像有罐頭越吃越少的跡象....
該不會是乾乾吃上癮罐頭就不喜歡了吧


不客氣 ^^"
我只能就我的經驗給大家作一個參考。

若要長時間上班或出遠門的時候,我也會給我家三隻定量任食,特別是老二,牠因為童年的陰影造成絕對不能餓到的體質(?):一旦餓過頭,之後不管餵的是飼料還是罐頭,牠會狂吃吃到吐…
不過平常定時定量餵,牠們也是只吃當下的份,剩下等玩到餓了再去吃…

以前看過某文章,上面寫貓有習性常換食物,明明上週吃得很開心、下週就不賞臉(?)。好像是因為野外打獵若只吃一種食物(ex.鼠),長久下來營養會不均衡,所以會換(ex.改獵"鳥"來吃)。
不知道你的貓是不是也這樣?


same2 wrote:牛磺酸否怕熱?
若是的話,號稱額外加 牛磺酸 的乾乾 或 罐罐,豈不有加等於無加?
(乾乾 或 罐罐應該不可能時成品時才加入牛磺酸吧? 可能是在煮的時候就加入牛磺酸一起煮了?)

原句寫「 somehow “inactivated” 」……沒辦法判斷到底是因為什麼製作過程的緣故讓牛磺酸失去活性…(汗)
或許加熱也有可能?但我覺得加工過程裡除了加熱還有加酸性物質甚至還有一些添加物…故…或許當時(作者舉獸醫觀察的例子是1988年)的配方跟製作過程有缺失吧?
再不然就是當時飼料裡加的牛磺酸的總量不足以撐過那些複雜的製作過程,使得最後成品裡有活性的牛磺酸的比例不足?

不過我覺得作者的文意很好,若不是一個熱心的獸醫觀察並研究這個現象,我們一般飼主根本接觸不到這麼多同樣症狀的貓、也根本不可能有工具去檢驗寵物體內到底缺的是什麼。
以此可推論:現行AAFCO的這種"六個月觀察期"對寵物的生命週期來說實在太短了,短到沒辦法保証通過AAFCO檢驗的飼料就一定可以長期安全的餵給動物。

至於牛磺酸的量,我不是專業人士,沒辦法提供建議。
當貓咪狀況不對的時候除了帶去給獸醫診療外,或許也可以提供獸醫一些貓咪平日飲食的資訊(ex.餵什麼飼料、飼料成份跟來源是什麼之類的),讓醫生更能判斷出可能的病因吧。


MYTH #5: *AAFCO Feeding Trials Prove Pet Foods Are Safe for Continual Feeding
迷思五:美國飼料管理協會的飼養實驗保証寵物食品(配方)長期餵養是安全的






The pet food companies’ AAFCO feeding trials are incapable of proving the lifetime-feeding fitness of a pet food.
AAFCO的寵物食品飼養實驗不足以証實長期(以寵物食品餵養)對寵物的健康有益。

The following true story shows why:
(作者)以下面這個真實例子來解釋為什麼:

In around 1988, a young cardiology resident at the University of California-Davis noticed something rather interesting.
1988年左右,一個加州載維斯大學的年輕心臟病研究員(**獸醫)注意到一種現象。

One of his feline patients, a cat he was treating for a heart disease called congestive cardiomyopathy, had an extremely low serum taurine level.
他的一個貓科患者,一隻患有充血性心肌肥大症(或譯”鬱血性心肌病變”)的貓,牠體內的牛磺酸濃度非常的低。

Taurine is an essential amino acid required for proper eye and heart function in this and many other species.
對貓和許多物種來說,牛磺酸是一種維持視力跟心臟功能的必需胺基酸。

The patient ate an exclusive diet of a “high-quality” premium commercial cat food, which should have supplied all of the taurine this cat required.
他的貓病患食用的是一種”高品質”的優質貓飼料,這飼料應已滿足這隻貓(的身體)對牛磺酸的需求。

After all, the food was “feeding trail tested,” and supposedly shown to be complete and balanced for all life stages in these feeding trails.
畢竟,這個食品已經通過”餵食實驗的追蹤觀察”,而且據說實驗証實(此食品的營養)對任何生命階段的(寵物而言)都(營養)完整且平衡。

Surely this cat’s heart disease was not due to consumption of a taurine-deficient diet?
所以…這隻貓的心臟病(應咳)不是出於飲食中缺乏牛磺酸的緣故?

Over the months following his initial observation, the veterinarian began to investigate other clinical cases of feline congestive cardiomyopathy.
觀察報告後的幾個月裡,獸醫開始調查其他臨床上具有充血性心肌肥大症(鬱血性心肌病變)的貓。

To his amazement, he discovered that virtually all of the cases of this disease that he studied had low taurine levels in their bloodstream, and many of them improved dramatically when they received taurine supplements.
出乎意料的是,他的研究顯示所有患此病的貓其血液的牛磺酸濃度都過低,而當給予這些貓補充牛磺酸後,牠們的臨床症狀都得到顯著改善。

These cats had been eating “feed-trial-tested” foods.
這些貓都曾被餵以”經食物實驗追蹤過”的食物。

How could such well-tested cat foods be responsible for a fatal heart disease in cats?
這些經「完整實驗」的貓食怎麼可能會是造成這種致命的疾病的成因?

How could such well-tested cat foods be the direct cause of a deadly dietary deficiency in cat?
這些經「完整實驗」的貓食怎麼可能有如此致命的飲食(營養)缺陷?

The answer become clear over the course of this veterinarian’s investigation.
獸醫的調查提供了清楚的解答:

The processing of the products somehow “inactivated” the taurine contained in the foods.
(飼料)食品的加工會因某種形式的緣故使食品中的牛磺酸”失去活性”。

If this were the case, however, why didn’t feeding trails of these foods disclose this terrible flaw? Why?
若是如此,為什麼飼養實驗沒有揭露這個現象?為何?

Because the feeding trials were of such limited duration, usually no longer than six months, that only rapidly damaging inadequacies and toxicities would ever be disclosed through them.
因為這些餵食實驗的觀察期很短暫,通常不超過六個月。因此,只能揭示出那些短期可見的營養缺乏(症)和毒物反應。

Most cats would not become sufficiently taurine deficient in just a few months to show obvious symptoms during the feeding trail.
大多數牛磺酸缺乏的貓在短短幾個月的飼養實驗觀察期裡,不足以顯示明顯的症狀。

Thus, these products were produced, feeding-trial-tested, and marketed for many years, causing the death of many cats, before a lucky turn of events and the keen observations of a young veterinarian allowed the problem to be identified and corrected.
因此,這些製造出來的食品得以用「通過餵養實驗和觀察追蹤」的標籤行銷多年,同時也造成許多貓咪的死亡。這個(悲劇)的幸運轉折點源自於一位具敏銳觀察力的年輕獸醫,至此之後才糾正並改善了(牛磺酸營養素缺乏的)問題。

The pet food companies and their “rigorous testing for safety and efficacy” had allowed the development of a fatal disease in thousands of cats, ***and that problem was only discovered by someone who wasn’t even looking for a dietary deficiency.
寵物食品公司跟他們那些「經嚴格測試表示”安全、足夠”」(的產品)使得成千上萬的貓遭到致命(疾病)的風險,**發現這個致命(疾病)問題的人,甚至(最初)並不是(因為)注意到(貓咪)飲食(營養)不足。










tbc.



*AAFCO: Association of American Feed Control Officials
**由上下文可知,這個”young cardiology resident”是一名研究動物心臟病的獸醫。
***最後一句翻得不是很好,我想作者的文意是要表示”就算是獸醫/研究員”發現問題的存在,也需經幾個月、許多病貓的調查跟研究才真正找到問題的癥結:飼料裡營養不足。故,這句的意思應有詰問之意,若沒有能獲得研究工具(ex.抽血檢查貓咪血液裡牛磺酸濃渡的工具)、樣本統計(得到許多得這種病的貓咪們)等的條件,一般人很難發現寵物食品本身”營養缺乏”的問題。









ms72103 wrote:破骨性的牙炎,很容易看的出來,第一就是嘴的味道奇臭無比,老實說跟狐臭有的比。 不用靠近就聞的到一股死老鼠、腐肉的味道。(正常貓頂多是飼料味,但也要靠近才聞的出來)

第一次聞到時,還在懷疑是不是我身上沾到什麼,後來才發現是那隻貓傳來的味道。 小時候就這樣了,原本以為換牙後會比較好,長大還是一樣。

貓咪機乎以吞的方式進食,不像正常貓一樣至少會咬幾下。 牙齦永遠都呈現紅腫,洗牙也沒有用。 用棉花棒稍為碰一下就會流血。

之後發炎太嚴重,x光檢查後,發現大部分的牙齒的齒根都已經爛光。 之後只好手術拔光,花了不少時間,因為根部已經碎掉,需要很細心去慢慢挖出來,之後就沒在復發,口完全不臭。

↓ 撿到的掉牙,明顯的看出來根部已經被侵蝕。

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@A@" 看起來好嚴重!!

貓咪一定是很不舒服才會吃飯只用吞的…


ms72103 wrote:破骨細胞的牙炎,是先天性的體質關係,之前身邊有六隻都是吃飼料的,只有一隻是這樣的。所以飼料造成破骨細胞侵蝕牙齒,這一點不太正確。


多謝指正~
我也覺得作者這麼寫…看起來好嚇人!不知道是我查的資料(病名)有誤還是作者文句指稱的就是這種疾病?

家裡有兩隻是吃了十年的飼料貓:老大是美短(不確定是否純種)加波斯(也不確定是否純種)的混血種、老二是純野貓,日前帶牠們去獸醫院檢查時狀況還好,應該沒有得FORLs,不過這種病也只能用持續觀察來預防,說不準的…
聽說有的貓一歲就得到了……或許真的是先天性的關係?


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