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US petfood distribution program ships 200th petfood truckload

Rescue Bank, a nationwide US petfood distribution program for animal rescue groups, recently shipped its 200th truck, delivering 27,000 pounds of dog food, cat food and treats to Angel's Arms, an affiliate in Mobile, Alabama, USA. The petfood shipment allowed Angel's Arms to help local rescuers with several recent puppy mill and hoarder raids, recovering hundreds of pets in dire need of better care and nutrition.

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Evanger's calls for photo entries in pets calendar contest

Evanger’s Dog & Cat Food Company, a natural petfood manufacturer, is looking for photo entries to its nationwide pets calendar contest. Each winning photo will be selected as a Cover Pet, special "Holiday Feature" Pet, and/or a "Pet of the Month."

Interzoo draws visitors from 111 countries for new petfood, treats

Interzoo, a global exhibition for pet supplies drew 36,792 trade visitors from 111 countries to Nuremberg, Germany, in May to exhibit and learn about the latest petfood and pet products. At Interzoo 2012, 79 percent of the exhibitors came from abroad with a total of 1,539 companies from 53 countries.

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Purina Mills launches new small animal food, treat line

Purina Mills LLC is launching a new line of small animal food, Purina Little Wonders Food and Purina Small Animals Treats, in select Walmart stores. These specially formulated diets for gerbils, hamsters, guinea pigs and rabbits provide small animals with wholesome ingredients, like seeds, nuts, vegetables and fruits.

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Dietary changes and urinary oxalate excretion in cats

The progressive increase in calcium oxalate uroliths reported in cats diagnosed with urolithiasis may partly be due to changes in nutrition. Since cats have a predominant mitochondrial alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase 1 (AGT1) location, high carbohydrate intake may induce endogenous oxalate synthesis.

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Methyl nutrients inhibit growth of feline lymphoma

Feline lymphoma is one of the most frequently diagnosed tumors in cats. Lipotropes are dietary methyl donors that may modulate DNA methylation status and the expression of genes involved in growth and apoptosis of feline lymphoma cells.

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Interquell Happy Cat La Cuisine

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Can we count on continued growth for petfood?

US pet retailers—mainly independent shops and groomers that sell pet supplies—reported a 3% increase in sales volume over 2010, for an average of US$323,000 in 2011, according to Pet Product News International’s 2012 State of the Industry Survey. The findings echo data from GfK Retail & Technology, which showed sales of petfood alone rose 7% last year in US pet shops, farm and feed stores and veterinary clinics.

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Purina Cat Chow brand launches cat story contest for cash prizes

Purina Cat Chow is hosting the "Purina Cat Chow Real Stories Project Contest," a nationwide search to find, showcase and celebrate cat stories that highlight the special relationship between cat people and their cats with a cash prize reward for the grand-prize winners.From now until July 31, pet owners can submit their cat relationship stories at www.yourcatstory.com, and five grand-prize winners will each receive a US$5,000 cash prize, a one year supply of Purina Cat Chow brand cat food for one cat, and have their cat relationship story told through a Purina Cat Chow brand online video, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.

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Wellness natural petfood adds 49 new cat, dog food recipes

Wellness natural petfood brand is adding 49 new product SKUs to its petfood line, with many new grain-free petfood or limited ingredient diets. Among the new products are 9 new Wellness CORE grain-free recipes for dogs and 12 new Wellness CORE grain-free recipes for cats, 16 newly reformulated Wellness Simple: Limited Ingredient Diet for Dogs recipes, and 12 extensions to the line of grain-free Wellness Cubed, Sliced and Minced Canned Cat Cuts recipes.

Petfood Forum China 2012 online registration now open

Online registration is now open for China's first petfood conference, Petfood Forum China 2012, which will be held October 12 in Shanghai, co-located with Pet Fair Asia. Taking place at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center, Petfood Forum China offers pet industry professionals with the latest on pet nutrition, petfood ingredients, processing and packaging technologies, and new product development processes from leading petfood consultants, manufacturers, suppliers and academicians.

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Blue Dog Bakery Perfect Trainers treats

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