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Editorial Notes: The petfood market in 2010

Remarkable shifts in buying behaviors are occurring in the petfood market worldwide.

Editorial Notes: Catterton Partners: fueling growth

Catterton is a large private equity company that focuses on the "middle market consumer".

Aflatoxin insurance

A clay called HSCAS can help petfood manufacturers avoid a crisis

The aflatoxin molecule. The regulatory action level for aflatoxin B1 is 20 parts per billion. Aflatoxins are potent liver toxins, carcinogens and immune suppressants.

Advancing pet nutrition

Researchers evaluate the status of companion animal nutrition and the role of the industry

Model for sorption of mycotoxins onto the surface of clay. Current research into mycotoxin reduction involves the mixing of certain types of clays with the contaminated grain. Image credit: Dr. Tim Phillips, TAMU.

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