[rawfeeding] Re: Elbow Displaysia/O.C.D. and Raw Diet

--- In rawfeeding@yahoogroups.com, Veronique Cartier
<cartiervero@...> wrote:
>
> there is a lot of hype about the benefits of Glucosomyne/ and
> Vit. C
> for Adult dogs But.if anyone can point to some good
> reading sources,
> I would love to research this issue.

I don't have reading sources but I have personal experience. I had
an arthritic hip and my two goldens at the time had bad hips also.
We all three took glucosimine and althought my wife swore she
thought the dogs were better on glucosimine, I could tell no
difference in either myself nor my dogs.

I have been told that you must take it for a period of time to
notice a difference. I view with a huge grain of salt
any "medicine" you must take for a month before you can tell if it
is doing any good. It's difficult if not impossible to compare pain
today with pain a month ago and your mind can convince you of most
anything in a months time.

As for Vit C, I have this information:
L-ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) is necessary for hydroxylation of
proline and lysine during biosynthesis of collagen, a major
component of ligaments and bones. Food devoid of Vitamin C fed to
puppies for 147 to 154 days neither affected growth nor caused
skeletal lesions.12 There are no known dietary requirements for
Vitamin C in the dog.*

Ozanis DA; The AAFCO Dog and Cat Food Nutrient Profiles, In Current
Veterinary Therapy XII, Ed by JD
Bongura, Philadelphia, WS Saunders, 1995, pp 1418-1421.

Dogs produce their own vit C internally in their liver. What I
gather from this study is that no additional Vit C will have any
positive effect.

Bill Carnes
http://www.skylarzack.com/rawfeeding.htm

Feeding Raw since October 2002

"Unnatural diets predispose animals to unnatural outcomes"
Dr. Tom Lonsdale

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