Ask a Vet: Help with Human and Pet Obesity
June 16th, 2008 by Dr. Donna Spector
Q: Hi, I am looking for some names of doctors that treat both pets and people with obesity. Any information that you have on this subject would be amazing.
A: Your best bet is a university-based nutritionist that deals with both human and pet obesity. Most universities have comparative medicine departments and nutrition departments and an on-line search can get you the contact number for these departments. I have recently met the following individual that specializes in this field:
Roschelle Heuberger, Ph.D., R.D., Associate Professor of Foods and Nutrition, Graduate Program Director, Department of Human Environmental Studies, Central Michigan University. 117 Wright Hall, Mount Pleasant, MI 48859, Office (989) 774-3571, Fax (989) 774-2434, heube1ra@cmich.edu.
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June 23rd, 2008 at 3:23 am
How much ash is in the cat food ?
June 23rd, 2008 at 10:07 am
There is a max of 6.5% ash in a 1 lb bag of Indoor Cat Dry Food. You can check out the ingredients here: http://shop.halopets.com/Cat-Dry-Indoor-Salmon-1lb .
June 23rd, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Hi Dr.,
I have a basic question, but one that I’ve found a hard time answering. Where oh where do I find a nice, knowledgeable, friendly veterinarian? I live in Southern California and I have a beautiful mutt that needs a good doc. Unfortunately the only doc I met and liked was a traveling Veterinarian who gave Achilles his first round of puppy shots at PetCo (but was moving out of the area). Since then I’ve tried a few other small offices in Los Angeles and frankly I was unhappy with the lot. Help?