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Dogs prefer grain-free over ancient grain carb sources
On the manufacturing end, ancient grain carb sources also behaved differently in extruders than grain-free dog food formulations.
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Q&A: Can feeding trials prevent pet food health crises?
Detailed, long-term feeding trials may help pet food companies avoid nutrition-related crises.
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Aluminum, other minerals found in commercial US dog foods
The researchers could not conclude if those minerals might actually pose a threat to dogs’ health.
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Stopping grain-free diet, adding taurine helped dogs’ DCM
Twenty-three out of 24 Golden Retrievers diagnosed with taurine deficiency and dilated cardiomyopathy ate grain-free, legume-rich or similar dog food diets.
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Hill’s, Royal Canin renal cat foods fight kidney disease
The health of cats with chronic kidney disease improved after eating pet foods formulated to address renal problems.
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Extruded, processed diet for pet parrots helps fight obesity
Pet parrots suffer from high rates of obesity and metabolic disorders.
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Science4Animals aims to fund basic research on pets
Based in the Netherlands, Science4Animals (S4A) is a non-profit organization that raises funds to finance research on pets and other animals.
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Pentobarbital detection finds tiny amounts in pet food
The lab that identified pentobarbital in Evanger’s dog food in 2017 has published details of the procedure researchers used to detect the barbiturate.
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Unlabeled horse, other animals found in European pet food
In their conclusions, the researchers noted that producing uncontaminated pet foods is possible, since ten products did contain only the animals listed on the label.
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Fatty acid, vitamin supplements may help dog behavior
Giving supplements to dogs with behavior problems reduced the severity of the pets’ issues.
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Read the February issue of Petfood Industry!
February 2019
The February 2019 issue of Petfood Industry explains how Austin, TX-based Grocery Pup offers sous vide-cooked recipes to add a new dimension to the fresh/frozen pet food market.