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Pet Food Ingredients

Cricket-based dog food supports healthy dog gut microbes

Crickets may support a health community of microorganism in the intestines of dogs fed kibble made with the chirping insects as a novel protein source.

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Conflicts of interest may harm trust in pet food science

Since the researchers didn’t explicitly state that their funding sources could have influenced their results, yet their funding came from pet food companies, people could see that as an omission.

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Deadly cat tuberculosis outbreak tied to UK raw pet food

At least six cats, five of whom are now dead, may have contracted tuberculosis after eating frozen, raw pet food sold in the United Kingdom.

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Dogs and cats readily accept insect-based protein and oil

In feeding trials with both dogs and cats, pet foods made with insect-based ingredients had similar palatability and digestibility to kibble containing conventional pet food protein and oil sources.

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Fungi and toxins found in veterinary dog, cat foods

Veterinary dog and cat foods may contain toxins left by fungi that infected the grain used to make the products, as well as the fungi itself.

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Pet owners most want plant-based diet nutrition info

Scientists asked pet owners about their own dietary preferences and their beliefs and behaviors about plant-based dog and cat foods.

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Clostridium, Salmonella found in European raw pet food

Researchers encountered potentially disease-causing bacteria during laboratory analyses of raw dog foods available on the European market.

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Grain-Free Pet Food

Dogs prefer grain-free over ancient grain carb sources

Grain-free dog foods beat ancient grains in a palatability study, but that doesn’t mean ancient grains like sorghum and millet don’t have a role in pet food formulations.

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Pet Food Market

Q&A: Can feeding trials prevent pet food health crises?

Maybe not, since feeding trials might overlook breed-specific dietary needs, according to veterinary nutrition scientists at the University of California – Davis.

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Aluminum, other minerals found in commercial US dog foods

Scientists at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine analyzed the levels of nickel, silica, aluminum, chromium and molybdenum in dog food.

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Stopping grain-free diet, adding taurine helped dogs’ DCM

The scientists published the results of their research, “Taurine deficiency and dilated cardiomyopathy in golden retrievers fed commercial diets,” in the journal PLOS ONE.

Hill’s, Royal Canin renal cat foods fight kidney disease

In an experiment, scientists observed positive effects from both Royal Canin Renal Support A Feline dry cat food and a test food: Hill’s Prescription Diet k/d Feline with chicken dry cat food.

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