How to Have a Healthier Dog : The Benefits of Vitamins and Minerals for Your Dog's Life Cycles ( Orthomolecular Medicine )

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by  Wendell O. Belfield, Martin Zucker, Linus Pauling, Pat Coleby, Wendell Belfield

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WENDELL O. BELFIELD, D.V.M.
& MARTIN ZaCKER
WITH A FOREWORD BY
DR. LINUS PAULING,
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THE DOG DIET DISCOVERY THAT:
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^Heightens your dog's vitality
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^Protects against dangerous impurities and additives in
commercial pet foods
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Only recently have veterinarians learned of the vast role
that vitamins and minerals play in promoting and preserv-
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ing a dog's total well-being and how lacking these vital
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is one of this coimtry's leading authorities on pet nutrition
tells you exactly what vitamins and minerals your dog
needs, and how much to give your dog to counter every
health threat and satisfy every health need during every
cycle of its development
HOW TO HAVE
A HEALTHIER DOG
Dr. Wendell Belfield is the owner and director of the Bel-Mar
Orthomolecular Veterinary Hospital in San Jose, California.
He is a member of the Santa Clara Valley Veterinary Medi-
cine Association and the International Academy of Preventive
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How Have
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a Healthier
THE BENEFITS OF VITAMINS
AND MINERALS FOR
YOUR DOG'S LIFE CYCLES
D.F.M. and
Wendell O. Belfield,
Martin Zucker
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doing things a little differently.

Contents
Foreword by Dr, Linus Pauling ix
PART ONE Why Your Dog Needs Extra Vitamins
And Minerals
1 A New Therapy Is Bom 3
2 Preventive Veterinary Medicine: Getting at the
Cause of Problems 10
3 What the TV Commercials Don*t Tell You
About Dog Food - 18
PART TWO Vitamins And Minerals: The Things
They Do
4 Vitamin C and the Dog 47
5 The Vitamin Team 63
6 The Mineral Team 87
PART THREE The Prevention Plan
7 How to Use the Plan 97
8 How Supplements Help Pregnant and
Lactating Dogs 100
9 How Supplements Help Puppies 113
10 How Supplements Help Mature Dogs 133
11 How Supplements Help Aging Dogs 141
12 What Supplements to Buy 150
13 How Much to Use 154
14 How to Administer Supplements 160
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VIII Contents
PART FOUR Shutting The Door On Disease:
Preventing And Minimizing Comnfion Dog Disorders
With Vitamins And Minerals
15 See Your Veterinarian First 167
16 Allergies 168
17 Cold-weather Muscle Pain (Limping) 175
18 Convulsive Seizures 177
19 Eye Problems
181
20 Heart Problems 185
21 Hip Dysplasia 190
22 Kidney and Bladder Problems 199
23 Skin and Hair Coat 204
24 Spinal Problems 218
25 Trauma: Injury, Shock, Surgery 226
26 Tumors
228
27 Viral Disease 236
Reference Notes 255
Index
265
Acknowledgments
278
CHARTS
Daily Production of Ascorbic Acid in Animals 51
Dosage Chart: PREWEANED PUPPIES
Dosage Chart: WEANED PUPPIES 156
157
Dosage Chart: ADULT DOGS
Dosage Chart: PREGNANT AND LACTATTNG DOGS 153
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Dosage Chart: AGEDDOGS 1
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