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Vegan, human-grade dog foods meet amino acid requirements

Vegan dog food seems to have amino acid digestibility and energy content on par with animal-based diets.

Cruciferous vegetables do find their way into pet foods, but their health claims are based largely on human food research rather than the little-available pet research. | (Kira_Yan I Shutterstock.com)

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Cell-based meat’s sustainability complex for pet food

While future developments in cellular agriculture may be able to beat conventional livestock at resource conservation and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, current technologies have limited environmental sustainability credibility.

Meat cultured in laboratory conditions from stem cells.

Dogs healthy after one year of plant-based diets

The researchers noted that plant-based diets also reduce the danger of disease transmission from animals to people.

Dog with bunch of carrots in mouth. Cute black and white border collie with vegetable.

Cannabidiol reduced dogs’ fear during car travel, while alone

The dog poking her head from a car window is a quintessential part of the classic road trip. Despite the archetype, many dogs fear car travel and find travel stressful.

Dog travel by car. Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever enjoying road trip.

Cassava, sweet potato may help weight-control cat food

Scientists used either potato, cassava, sweet potato, rice or wheat as the main carbohydrate sources in cat food. While none of these carb sources had a negative effect on the cats, two did have benefits that could guide formulation of weight-control pet foods.

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Kibble affects dog antioxidant levels, regardless of recipe

Dog foods with different antioxidant levels didn’t have the effect on dogs’ blood chemistry that scientists predicted.

Closeup low angle shot of male and female vets examining Golden retreiever puppy with a stethoscope. The dog is completely healthy and happy.

Cellulose fibers didn’t affect dog food digestion, palatability

Scientists conducted an experiment using three different types of cellulose in dog foods compared to the same formulation without those fiber sources.

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Certain acid may explain raisin, grape toxicity to dogs

The deadly toxic effects of other foods may have pointed out the reason dogs may be harmed by grapes.

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Mycotoxin in pet food likely caused 2021 UK cat diseases

“The diets associated with the pancytopenia outbreak in cats in the United Kingdom all contained potatoes flakes which, in this scenario, are thought to have been the likely source of mycotoxin,” Royal Veterinary College researchers wrote.

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Pet Food Ingredients

Digestibility of mealworms as pet food ingredients

Scientists measured protein quality and amino acid composition and digestibility of four varieties of mealworm products.

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Omnivore, vegan pet owners differ on cell-cultured pet food

Cell-cultured pet food ingredients may appeal to certain pet owners more than others.

Meat cultured in laboratory conditions from stem cells.

Freeze dried pet foods amino acids digestibility tested

Researchers tested three formats of freeze-dried dog foods: traditional freeze-dried nuggets, low-temperature freeze-dried nuggets and a hybrid freeze-dried nugget.

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