After other studies published in the last few years have suggested this, a new study has confirmed that dogs can thrive on a plant-based diet, showing improvements in key health markers…
The mistrust is partially warranted in my opinion. There are some important critiques in the peer review, which could not be resolved with the current study. It is not a bad study in any way, but it is limited by many factors and I wouldn’t assume findings as straight up facts, but the basis for further research with blinded placebo-controlled clinical studies with inclusion of confounding factors.
Also this is way out of my scientific comfort zone, but just some thoughts.
The mistrust is partially warranted in my opinion. There are some important critiques in the peer review, which could not be resolved with the current study. It is not a bad study in any way, but it is limited by many factors and I wouldn’t assume findings as straight up facts, but the basis for further research with blinded placebo-controlled clinical studies with inclusion of confounding factors.
Also this is way out of my scientific comfort zone, but just some thoughts.