Research in the United States, Canada, Europe, and other developed countries, among predominantly middle - class populations, provides strong evidence that human milk feeding decreases the incidence and / or severity
of diarrhea,1 - 5 lower respiratory
infection,6 - 9 otitis media,3,10 - 14bacteremia, 15,16 bacterial meningitis, 15,17 botulism, 18
urinary tract infection, 19 and necrotizing enterocolitis.20, 21 There are a number
of studies that show a possible protective effect
of human milk feeding against sudden infant death syndrome,22 - 24insulin - dependent diabetes mellitus,25 - 27 Crohn's disease, 28,29 ulcerative colitis, 29 lymphoma, 30,31 allergic diseases,32 - 34 and other chronic digestive diseases.35 - 37 Breastfeeding has also been related to possible enhancement
of cognitive
development.38, 39
This finding, recently published in Proceedings
of the National Academy
of Sciences (PNAS), creates a promising avenue for the
development of innovative strategies to treat a wide variety
of diseases and hospital - acquired
infections like pneumonia, bloodstream and
urinary tract infection.
There are a number
of causes and risk factors that may contribute to their
development; eg: the oversaturation
of stone - forming materials in the dog's urine or increased levels
of calcium in the urine and blood, and diets that produce high pH (alkaline) urine, and recurrent
urinary tract infections.