Do you get in trouble for feeding your dog on food from dinner under the table? A new study suggests that by sharing “people food”, you might actually be helping to keep your pet healthy.
你用桌子底下的食物喂狗会有问题吗？一项新的研究表明，通过分享“人类食物”，你实际上可能有助于保持宠物的健康。
Many dogs are fed dry processed food. Science has shown that a diet of processed food is not healthy for humans. Scientists from the University of Helsinki, in Finland, say this diet is not good for our pet dogs, either.
许多狗的食物是加工过的干食品。科学表明，加工食品对人类不健康。芬兰赫尔辛基大学的科学家表示，这种食品对我们的宠物狗也不好。
The scientists discovered that the foods a dog might find in an owner’s home such as eggs, fish, meat and vegetables may be better than a diet of just dog food. This is because having different kinds of foods leads to more variety in microbes, which are little living things, too small to be seen with our eyes. There are millions of them in human and animal bodies. Some are bad for us, but many are good for us, and they play important roles in helping us digest food.
科学家们发现，狗在主人家里可能找到的食物，如鸡蛋、鱼、肉和蔬菜，可能比只吃狗粮更好。这是因为吃不同种类的食物会导致微生物的多样性增加，微生物是微小的生物，太小了，肉眼看不见。在人类和动物体内有数百万个。有些对我们有害，但许多对我们有益，它们在帮助我们消化食物方面发挥着重要作用。
A total of 8,500 young pet dogs took part in the study. 4,500 of them were under 6 months old, and the rest were between 6 and 18 months old. The owners were asked about what foods they had fed their pets and how often. When the dogs reached adulthood, their owners reported that about 20% of the dogs showed CE symptoms such as weight loss. However, if dogs had been fed a mixed diet while young, it was 22% less possible for them to experience CE symptoms later in life.
共有8500只年轻的宠物狗参加了这项研究。其中4500只不满6个月，其余的是6至18个月。主人被问到他们给宠物喂的食物以及频次。当狗成年后，它们的主人报告说，大约20%的狗出现慢性肠胃不适症状，例如变瘦。然而，如果狗在幼年时被喂食混合饮食，它们以后出现慢性肠胃不适症状的可能性会降低22%。
Dr. Anna Hielm-Bjorkman told The Times of London, “Dog foods on sale are described as providing a complete diet... But what we show is that variety is important. Nobody would give 12 years of the same food to a child—why should a dog be different?”
Anna Hielm Bjorkman博士告诉《伦敦时报》，“出售的狗粮被描述为提供了一种完整的饮食……但我们表明，品种很重要。没有人会给一个孩子12年的相同食物——为什么狗会有所不同？”
