There is much on the internet about how vets do not receive
adequate nutritional training while in school and that they know less then the average dog owner.
Nutritional training by the University of Arizona Collage of Medicine, Wellness and Healthy Lifestyle Strategies for the Physicians Clinical Practice
Science is the cornerstone of
nutritional training in veterinary school; guaranteed analysis, macronutrients, vitamins and minerals, and diseases associated with nutrition are all thoroughly covered.
Keep in mind that most vets get very
little nutritional training and most of it comes from the big money pet food companies like Iams and Hills.
As a result, my teammates have made IMUPlus» a part of
their nutritional training program.
Burroughs, a proponent of varying alternative health remedies, had no medical or
nutritional training.
That is the extent of the average doctor's
nutritional training — and it is woefully inadequate.»
A third major problem is that
the nutritional training that current vets receive and the Journal articles that we read are all financed by the pet food industry.
Consumers are steering
the nutritional train, expecting manufacturers to comply and deliver.»