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March 17, 2022
The peer-reviewed article, which appears in Frontiers in Animal Science, includes data that did not indicate a significant increase, nationally in DCM incidence over time, from 2000 to 2019, while grain-free pet food store sales grew 500% between 2011 and 2019. Researchers also found no correlation between the national DCM incidence rate in relation to grain-free pet food sales
June 15, 2020
Journal of Animal Science (JAS) invited BSM Partners to conduct a literature review on dilated cardiomyopathy in dogs and the grain-free pet foods. The authors found no peer-reviewed evidence of a casual link between grain-free and legume-rich diets and DCM.
August 30, 2023
Animal nutritionist and veterinarians from BSM Partners, the largest pet care research and consulting firm, and the University of Illinois, published the results of a six-month study that found both grain-inclusive and grain-free canine diets had no negative effect on digestibility or the fecal microbiome.
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