I found this recent article that could be of your interest https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/raw-chicken-linked-to-paralysis-in-dogs
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If you feed turkey that is very low fat. I have the opposite problem in that my red setter struggles to put on weight and raw is good for trying to keep it on. 
you could also try butternut box which is a cooked dog food, but expensive, or pure which you re hydrate with warm water, which I have used and is very good.
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I found this recent article that could be of your interest https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/raw-chicken-linked-to-paralysis-in-dogs
Thank you for posting ofs. Dr Conor Brady has an article on his Dogs First blog regarding this study.
https://www.dogsfirst.ie/dr-conor-brady-blog/
Thank you for locating the report/counter argument about raw chicken. I started reading it but was dismayed when I read this:
Needless to say, this University of Melbournes study was eagerly seized upon by our vets (Pete The Vet, Longford Vets, U-Vet, to name but three) as well as media outlets worldwide (ABC news, News.com, Daily Mail etc) as yet more proof that fresh food as a whole is dangerous for your dog and you should only feed them highly processed, inert, packets of crud made in China.
That is insulting to the millions of people who do their best to feed their dogs good quality processed food. We are fortunate in this country not to have to feed āpackets of crud from Chinaā. Not everyone can, or wants to give raw food to their dogs and nobody should be made to feel deficient because they donāt feed this. It is an unhelpful, silly comment but one which some people could seize upon to further their ācauseā.
The title of the article is guarded i.e. āIt is highly unlikelyā¦ā. We donāt know whether the Melbourne vets have hit upon something previously unknown, leading some of us to be more confused than ever! :-\
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Posted in one of of the groups that I follow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xUgt0XzCFQ&app=desktop
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OFS- thank you for this interesting link. Just to clarify, the title of the video is New insights on the impact of feeding raw red meat to dogs. It contains an overview of some new research by Dr Nick Cave, from Massey University, New Zealand. Dr Cave has found that "Raw red meat diets decrease faecal microbial diversity in the dogā and he goes on to explain the importance of this to the general health of the dog. I donāt know the particulars of the research but it is maybe worth mentioning that according to the title the research applies to raw red meat. One of the principles of feeding a raw diet is variety which may include poultry, fish, eggs and for some raw feeders, suitable vegetables and fruit.
It would seem that the video was uploaded by Waltham Centre for Pet Nutrition. The research was presented at a symposium that Waltham hosted. This piece of research, and other discussions about nutrition can be found here.