How often can I give Pereg a raw egg? She weighs ~18 kilos.

Thanks.

Eggs are considered the "perfect" protein.

There are a lot of old wives tales and misconceptions about the consumption of raw eggs (by humans or animals)

Many people believe that eating raw egg will cause a biotin deficiency. However this is only a realistic risk if you only consume egg whites (eg as used to be given to invalids decades ago) and a HUGE amount of them.

Egg whites contain a glycoprotein called "avidin" which binds Biotin (B vitamin) and makes it unavailable to the body.

As egg yolk is very rich in biotin this "issue" is a "non problem".

Cooking any protein changes its molecular structure; if you scramble them with milk (which many do) you need to be aware that a) dogs, like all animals bar humans, do not consume milk post weaning; b) milk contains sugar, lactose and many dogs are deficient in the enzyme lactase with which to metabolise it efficiently c) milk is a prime trigger of diarrhoea d) many dogs are allergice to milk protein Casein.

My dogs get a raw egg daily. I either combine it with their meat meal, crack it over RMBs or make a smoothie with a banana and live yoghurt.

Powdered egg shell is an excellent source of calcium, however if it is not powdered it will go out the way it went in!

HTH

Daily is fine.

Eggs are considered the "perfect" protein.

There are a lot of old wives tales and misconceptions about the consumption of raw eggs (by humans or animals)

Many people believe that eating raw egg will cause a biotin deficiency. However this is only a realistic risk if you only consume egg whites (eg as used to be given to invalids decades ago) and a HUGE amount of them.

Egg whites contain a glycoprotein called "avidin" which binds Biotin (B vitamin) and makes it unavailable to the body.
As egg yolk is very rich in biotin this "issue" is a "non problem".

Cooking any protein changes its molecular structure; if you scramble them with milk (which many do) you need to be aware that a) dogs, like all animals bar humans, do not consume milk post weaning; b) milk contains sugar, lactose and many dogs are deficient in the enzyme lactase with which to metabolise it efficiently c) milk is a prime trigger of diarrhoea d) many dogs are allergice to milk protein Casein.

My dogs get a raw egg daily. I either combine it with their meat meal, crack it over RMBs or make a smoothie with a banana and live yoghurt.

Powdered egg shell is an excellent source of calcium, however if it is not powdered it will go out the way it went in!

HTH

Are raw eggs really ok?

When we got Simon OH wanted to give him raw eggs, but I absolutely refused as I have always thought they contained Salmonella.