Boiled Chicken ?

[rajacadoo]

My young Basenji bitch has just been diagnosed with Gastro, so she has been put on the boiled chicken and rice diet, till all settles down. Cant for the life of me find out why the chicken needs to be boiled ??? My OH asked me this, and I didnt know the answer. The only thing I can think of, is to remove the potential 'bugs' in/on the chicken . Can someone enlighten me please, cos its starting to irritate me ...

[poodlefan]

My young Basenji bitch has just been diagnosed with Gastro, so she has been put on the boiled chicken and rice diet, till all settles down. Cant for the life of me find out why the chicken needs to be boiled ??? My OH asked me this, and I didnt know the answer. The only thing I can think of, is to remove the potential 'bugs' in/on the chicken . Can someone enlighten me please, cos its starting to irritate me :D ...

Yep, to reduce any potential bacterial load on the chicken. Cooked chicken is also easier to digest.

If you haven't got time to cook it, buy some cans of Hills I/D - its cooked chicken and rice.

Edited July 15, 2010 by poodlefan

[ellz]

Also removes most of the fat from the chicken.

[Lowenhart]

Also Chicken is deemed to be "mild" on the dog. Boiling it means the oils from the fat are removed, as a lot of fat can trigger more gastro symptoms.

Cooked chicken has a lower bacterial load than raw.

My last dog with gastro was prescribed with a boiled beef mince & rice diet. Apparently that vet had seen better results on the beef mince rather than the chicken.

[rajacadoo]

Thank you :p

That was the only thing I could think of, but it just seemed to be too simplistic, so I was trying to rack my brains to come up with another reason for it, but was stumped ...

Im guessing that boiling the rice in the water that the chook was cooked in, defeats the purpose, doesnt it ... No I didnt do it, but thought about it

[persephone]

If you use skun chicken breast - and trim off visible fat - then the

'stock' should be fine to cook the rice

My mum is on a very low fat /fat free diet- and this is fine for her :p

[rubiton]

If you have a gastro type thing its good for you too - boiled chicken (the bits I tried) tasted a lot bette than I thought. I cut the chicken into tiny bits.

However while the dog loved the chicken she didn't like the rice. Far easier to get the ID food.

[matilda1]

I just chop the chicken into pieces and boil in the same pot at the same time as the rice. Saves on dishes and mixes the flavour through.

[becks]

i cook the rice separatly after having a dog get worse again when fed the chicken and rice cooked in same pan.

Also use fish instead of chicken