what is best for your pet - a raw egg or boiled egg

Raw eggs are definitely good for your pets health but you have to consider following points -
1.Try to purchase eggs fresh and un-refrigerated and keep them on the counter - at room temperature. (This won't work however after the eggs have already been refrigerated).

Note - people do not refrigerate eggs in India. best thing of maintaining eggs at room temperature is that refrigeration causes little damage to the egg protein
2.If there is a crack in the shell, don’t eat the egg. You can easily check for cracks by immersing the egg in cool, lightly salted water. If you notice the egg emitting a small stream of bubbles, do not take it, because the shell is permeable.
3) Open the egg and a healthy egg has no foul odor, the egg white is not watery (gel-like), while a healthy egg yolk is convex and firm.

• The major side effect of giving raw egg to your dogs and cats is the Salmonella Infection.There is no doubt that salmonella is a serious infection.
  The severity of salmonellosis in dogs and cats varies:
  dogs - acute enterocolitis ,fever, anorexia, lethargy ,diarrhea, possibly with mucus or blood ,abdominal pain (infection is often associated with mesenteric lymphadenitis)
  Cats - prolonged periods of fever and anorexia without diarrhea.septicemia/endotoxemia
  Salmonellosis in cats has also been caused "song bird fever," reflecting association with predation on infected migratory birds.
• Dogs and cats tend to shed Salmonella organisms for very prolonged periods of time after infection.
• Dogs and especially cats can shed Salmonella organisms in both their feces and saliva, meaning that transmission can occur via licking.
• Pig ear dog treats may be a source of Salmonella infection for both dogs and humans that handle the treats.
• Dogs and cats may suffer salmonellosis as a "reverse zoonosis," with infection transmitted from human-to-dog and subsequently back to other humans.
  Biotin (one of the water soluble vitamin B complex) as being an essential nutrient which can be bound by avidin, which is found in raw egg white. This binding prevents it's absorption from the gastrointestinal tract. Fortunately cooking deactivates this effect of avidin, and egg yolk is so high in biotin content that biotin deficiency does not occur when whole raw eggs are fed. So, whilst biotin deficiency is a potential problem - in reality it is unlikely to be seen in pets unless they are fed an extremely imbalanced ration that is predominantly egg white.

While it is true that giving too many raw egg whites to your pet to will cause a biotin deficiency, the fact is that nature created the egg in such a way that its yolk is very rich in biotin. One of the highest concentration in nature. give the egg whole together with the egg white and your pet will be fine.

Egg yolk is easy to digest whereas egg white is difficult to digest but by cooking or boiling the whole egg can be digested very well by your pet.