Grain free dog foods which had replaced grains with substitutes such as lentils peas and chickpeas.
Fda grain free dog food list.
Ultimately gelzer and others found there was a common denominator.
The current reports mostly involve diets labeled as grain free however the small number of reports received for foods that contain rice including brown rice do not suggest there is any link.
Of the dog food brands on the fda s list 91 per cent of the products were labelled grain free did not contain corn soy wheat rice barley or other grains while 93 per cent contained peas.
Acana there were 67 reports of this brand of dog food having a connection to canine dilated.
Fda grain free dog food warning.
The following are the dog food brands linked to canine heart disease in the recent fda report.
In the fda s july 2019 update on diet and canine heart disease they examined labels of dog food products reported in dcm cases to determine whether the foods were grain free defined as.
Food and drug administration the fda initially alerted the public to the cases plaguing dogs last july but did not specify food brands.
In july 2018 the fda announced that it had begun investigating reports of canine dilated cardiomyopathy dcm in dogs eating certain pet foods many labeled as grain free which contained a high.
The agency instead pointed to pet food labeled as.