Blogs & Websites

AAFCO Talks Pet Food – American Association of Feed Control Officials website that provides simple definitions on pet food ingredients, marketing terms used by pet food companies and legislation around pet food.

FEDIAF – is the trade body representing the European pet food industry. Their website contains useful information such as fact sheets, handouts and nutritional guidelines and regulations.

PFMA – Pet Food Manufacturing Association is the trade body for the pet food industry in the United Kingdom. Their website also contains fantastic resources, handouts and information for professionals and pet owners.

Tuft’s University Petfoodology – blog posts written by Board Certified Veterinary Nutritionists

SkeptVet – practising Veterinarian writing about evidence-based veterinary medicine, including veterinary nutrition

Feeding Raven Doodles – Dr Stefanie writes about nutrition in an easy-to-understand format for pet parents

Doc of All Trades – Dr Caitlin writes about a variety of topics such as One Health, pet nutrition and current veterinary medicine topics.

MoKnows.com – written by a Board Certified Veterinary Nutritionist, Dr George Collings has a few reviews on pet food and a rather exhaustive list of definitions on pet food ingredients

Tools

Pet Nutrition Alliance – created by a team of Board Certified Veterinary Nutritionists, Vet Tech Specialists in Nutrition and Associations, the website has a number of incredibly useful tools for both pet parents and professionals. Notably, the Calorie Calculator and the Dare to Ask tool for comparing pet foods based on the WSAVA guidelines!

WSAVA Nutrition Toolkit – created by the Global Nutrition Committee, this toolkit contains a number of useful handouts and resources for clients as well as forms and guides for professionals. This toolkit contains the WSAVA Guidelines for Selecting a Pet Food.

BalanceIT.com – created by a Board Certified Veterinary Nutritionist, this tool allows you to build a complete and balanced home cooked diet recipe. Their website also provides the option for veterinarians to create recipes for health conditions and the ability to purchase the associated supplements. There is also a Guaranteed Analysis Converter to assist in comparing foods on a Dry Matter Basis.

NC State Veterinary Hospital Nutrition Service – this page has amazing handouts for clients to aid veterinary professionals in explaining complex nutrition topics to pet owners.

Research

Royal Canin Vet Portal – contains journal articles published by Royal Canin, as well as a huge range of webinars, podcasts and nutritional information on their diets (see below for more CPD websites)

Hill’s Research Library – contains research that has been conducted by Hill’s on their foods, ingredients, therapeutics, etc.

Purina Institute – news and research on the latest studies being conducted by Purina.

Google Scholar – search journal articles on any topic in the world!

Textbooks

Small Animal Clinical Nutrition textbook – available for free download from the Mark Morris Institute website, contains extensive information on treatment plans for health conditions, key nutritional factors and pet food.