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Hill’s Pet Nutrition updates thyroid health petfood guidelines

Hill’s Pet Nutrition released an updated set of guidelines and algorithms for veterinarians managing a pet’s hyperthyroid conditions with its Prescription Diet y/d Feline Thyroid Health petfood. Prescription Diet y/d Feline must be the only food eaten by the feline patient, Hill’s says, because consuming any other food or treats will decrease or prevent the cat food’s beneficial effects.

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Expert discusses importance of a high-quality petfood diet

Petfood expert Sarah Linehan, of The Pet Experience, discussed the importance of providing quality petfood diet and how it can help maintain a pet’s health in a recent article. She says that although there are many different pet supplies that pet owners need to purchase, a high-quality petfood is the most important.

Petfood industry critic challenges FDA consumer education video

A recently released video from the US Food and Drug Administration aimed at educating consumers about petfood is now being challenged by a petfood industry critic, who posted her own video challenging the US Food and Drug Administration’s claims. The six-minute video from the US Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine, “FDA and Pet Food,” informs consumers of the information required by law to be included on petfood packaging, such as a petfood ingredients list that uses the “common or usual” name for each ingredient.

Pet Food Alliance encourages vets to discuss pet diets with owners

At a recent meeting, representatives of the Pet Food Alliance discussed what the group is trying to accomplish five years after the widespread petfood recall in 2007, says a recent article from the Chicago Tribune. Following the recall, the Alliance is working to encourage veterinarians to discuss pet diets and pet nutrition with clients and to set nutrition guidelines.

UK animal welfare groups launch pet care resource website

Results from two new surveys conducted by the Pet Food Manufacturers' Association found that 89 percent of adults, 78 percent of primary teachers and 70 percent of secondary teachers all agree that it is important to teach children responsibility through proper pet care, though pet care is not currently taught at the majority of primary and secondary schools (60 percent and 85 percent, respectively) in the UK. To aid in educating children about how to care for pets, UK animal welfare charities have collaborated to launch a new website that provides pet care and pet nutrition resources all in one place.

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Hill's Pet Nutrition, PetMD to launch online cat nutrition tool

Hill's Pet Nutrition is partnering with PetMD for MyBowl for cats, an interactive tool that shows the proper proportions and specific benefits of essential nutrients that cats need. Launching April 2, MyBowl for cats will be available as part of PetMD's Cat Nutrition Center that offers a variety of educational resources for pet owners.

New animal food global market report released

Global Research & Data Services released a new research report package, Animal Food - Top 10 Global Markets, which incorporates 10 animal food market analyses from the "top 10" global markets of the United States, China, Japan, India, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom, France, Italy and Mexico. Each report provides market information including overall market value and volume for animal food by country, market value and volume for animal food by type (cat and dog food, pellets and lucerne meal, other animal food), and product prices.

ADM Alliance Nutrition to build new petfood premix plant

ADM Alliance Nutrition Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Archer Daniels Midland Company, will build a new feed premix plant in Effingham, Illinois, USA, with enhanced processes and controls to meet safety standards for petfood premixes and specialty blends. The new facility, expected to be fully operational in early 2014, will incorporate stainless steel conveyances and processing equipment, with automation enabling real-time tracking of every ingredient through bar coding and lot controlled numbering systems.

Brazilian Association of the Pet Product Industry releases new manual

The Brazilian Association of the Pet Product Industry recently published its Pet Food Brasil Manual with the goal of constantly improving petfood production. The new publication is an update of the current PIQ PET Manual, which was developed six years ago by the entity's technical groups of professionals from associated companies and universities.

Buhler Technology Group reports 12 percent growth in 2011

Buhler Technology Group announced its fiscal 2011 results, earning sales of CHF 2.131 billion (US$2.35 billion) and growth of nearly 12 percent. The petfood production technologies company increased order intake by more than 3 percent to CHF 2.233 billion (US$2.46 billion) as a result of the company’s strong presence in emerging markets.

Alltech plans 28th symposium on companion animal nutrition

Alltech will host its 28th Annual International Symposium, May 20 – 23, in Lexington, Kentucky, USA, featuring a range of sessions on well-being and nutrition for companion animals and how to capitalize on the growing pet market. “People love their pets and are willing to spend money to ensure they have high quality food that is safe and promotes good health,” said Dr. Juan Gomez, chairman for the companion animal sessions for the Alltech International Symposium.

GA Pet Food Partners creates ‘Just Fresh Meat’ dry petfood concept

GA Pet Food Partners, a super-premium dry petfood manufacturer, recently created the “Just Fresh Meat” concept, in which all of meat ingredients in the dry pet food are fresh. GA has invested in a patented “Just Fresh Meat” extrusion technology, which the company says means that there is no need for dry rendered meat and bone meals to be used in a complete, dry petfood.

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