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1
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What is a companion animal

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Species with a special relationship with animals

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Oxytocin

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Bonding “loving” hormone, impacts the pet food/ companion animals

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Five freedoms: meeting mental and physical needs

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  1. Hunger and thirst
  2. Discomfort
  3. Pain, injury, or disease
  4. Express normal behavior
  5. Fear and distress
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4
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Why research your animals

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Need to allow them to express their natural behaviors

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5
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New stone age

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Animlas/ man cohabitate - work together

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Ancient contract

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During domestication. period. Giving animal food and shelter in trade for loyalty and protection and unconditional love

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7
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Origin of domestic dog

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From extinxt wolves

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8
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Not a carnivore

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Diet adapted from fat to starch
Pancreas produces amylase not the saliva

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9
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Neotony

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Jouvenile features

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10
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Less fear and stress

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Smaller brains

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11
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Cat domestication

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Cats domesticated themselves

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12
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Six nutrients

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Water, proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals

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13
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Balanced diet

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All nutrients in right balance

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14
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Energy is

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The singe most important item

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15
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Energyy from 3 nutreints:

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Fat, carbohydrates, protein

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16
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Only nutritional treatment for increased lifespan and the reduction of disease

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A reduce energy intake - less calories

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17
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14 year life span in dogs

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Ad libitum - first incidence of disease and death
Restricted calorie - last one to die

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18
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BCS

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Tool to monitor animal health
1 = emaciated
High # = obese

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19
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Obesity

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Excess calories, will give them phyical issues, metabolic disorders, dont die of obesity die of heart attack, cant breath

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20
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Hypertrophy

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Increase in cell size

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21
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Hyperplasia

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Increase in cell number

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22
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If you let animal get fat at weaning

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Their cells go through hyperplasia, body wants more room for their fat that animal will fight obesity for life

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23
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What happens if you put a cat on a diet?

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Cat will go into hepatic lipidosis, where the body breaks down that fat into ketones. Cat needs to go on diet ver y slower

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24
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Metabolism vs. water

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Small animals can live longer without water but dogs will die first

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25
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Water

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The most important nutrient

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26
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Water quality

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If animal not eating/ doing well, check their water, lack of water will cause death

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27
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Cooling process for cats and dogs

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Cats concentrate urine more than dogs
Both sweat thru their paws
Both pant
Cats lick bodies to cool themselves

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28
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Who does better with lack of water

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Cat because of concentrated urine

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29
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Who does better with lack of food

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Dog because cats will go into hepatic lipidosis

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30
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Animal protein

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Acidic urine

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31
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Plant protein

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Alkaline urine

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32
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Cats are obligated carnivores

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With plant protein gets them in an insufficient ph and get FIC and cat develops stones

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33
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Starch

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Broken down through salivary amylase, digestion through enzymes

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34
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Cellulose

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Need microbes, fermentation through microbes

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35
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Zinc responsive dermatitis

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Animal protein has zinc plant protein does not

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36
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Guinea pigs cant synthesize what vitamin?

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Vitamin C

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37
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Two forms of vitamin D

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D2 = plant form
D3 = animal form

38
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Vitamin D function:

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Absorb and deposit calcium

39
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Vitmains

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Limit shelf life of food

40
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Unsaturated fats

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Breaks down and goes rancid
Double bonds, liquid at room temp

41
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Saturated fat

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Animal protein, solid at room temp

42
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Computer formulation

A

Least cost ration balancing

43
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Anthropormorphism

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Human traits to animals

44
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By products

A

Have become demonized, agriculture by-products are a bug feed source for pets

45
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Beef dog food

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70 % protein

46
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Beef dinner feast, entree, supper, stew

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10%

47
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Dog food with beef

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3%

48
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Beef flavored

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Just enough so dog can taste it

49
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First look at the list of ingredients

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Is on as fed basis

50
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AAFCO Sanctioned

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That is nutritionally balanced

51
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All proteins are not created equal

A

Egg and milk have all essential

52
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Animal vs. plant sources

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Egg - chicken - poultry meal - meat meal - meat & bone meal - poultry byproducts - soybean/ corn gluten meal

53
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2 or 3 plant proteins

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Then it meets requirments, 1 animal protein will do the same.

54
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Calcium in pet food

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Most are deficient because limestone tastes bad

55
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New protein sources

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Crickets, meal worms, black soldier fly larvae meal for adult dogs

56
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Dilative cardiomyopathy

A

Taurine Deficiency - many dogs have developed this due grain free (legume deficiency) so supplement taurine

57
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What nutrient does grain provide to a diet

A

Starch, carbohydrates

58
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Raw diets

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Biosecurity risk, alot of animals are compromised, avma concern about HACCP, handling foods. All poultry has salmonella

59
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BARF

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Bones and Raw Food or BIologically appropriate raw food

60
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Pros of raw diet

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Shinier coat, healthier skin, more digestible, higher energy levels

61
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Cons of raw diets

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Not often balanced, food borne pathogens, dangerous to young, geriatric humans/ animals, whole bone choking, very expensive

62
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Skin microbiome and fresh diet

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Microbiome diversity was higher after dogs were fed fresh diet compared to after kibble.

63
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Greater microbiome diversity

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Better immune, better health, enviroment plays a role

64
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Grains to obligate carnivores

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Alkaline urine, so add acidifiers to prevent FIC

65
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Corn gluten meal acidifier

A

Sulfur

66
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Homemade diets / fresh pets

A

Many are defeicient, many get recalled, add kibble/ nutrient supplement

67
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How to select pet food

A

In first two ingredients. Make sure it is a meat meal. And mic products is best approach to avoid GI problems

68
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Digest - flavor enhancing

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Animal digest refers to a animal protein that has been digested using enzymes, spray it on kibble to make it taste like meat. May be eating corn but it tastes like meat.

69
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Supplements

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So not need if feeding a balanced kibble

70
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Cats need protein for:

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Energy and gluconeogensis, if they dont get those amino acids they will metabolize their own tissues

71
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Kittens should not get acidifiers why?

A

Doesnt close cavities,

72
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Little friskies - corn

A

Obese, diabeties, metabolic disorder increase, cats need animal protein

73
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Cat list unique nutrient

A

Needs vitamin A and D because they cannot convert it
Arachidonic acid
B vitamins
TAURINE plus PVT TIM HALL - why urine smells so bad (sulfur in taurine)

74
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Algae

A

Plant based diet for cat

75
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Gold fish

A

Have thiaminase

76
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Invertbrates and calcium

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Do not have enough calcium, so have an inverse Ca:P

77
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reptiles and enviroment

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Reptiles are able to metabolize due to their enviroment.

78
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Adult frogs

A

Carnivores

79
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Juvenile frogs

A

Herbivores

80
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Dogs are:

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Omnivores, faculatative carnivores

81
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Parrot

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Digestive omnivore like chickens

82
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Coprophagy

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Eating cectrophes or night feces to help them digest and absorb cellulose, vit k, vit b

83
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Rabbit elizabeth collar

A

Will die because they cannot practice coprophagy

84
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Rabbits with calcium and vit D

A

Animals can absorb calcium without vit d. They cannot absorb it all so they get stones

85
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At maitnenance rabbits are fed

A

Grass-based pellets

86
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Teeth car

A

Need something to chew on to shorten teeth

87
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Clean produce

A

Alleviate bacteria, herbicides, insecticides

88
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Birds and reptiles

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Require vit d and excrete uric acid. Need to have vit d3 they cannot use d2 (plant form ) q

89
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Blocking B ultraviolet light

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Blocks vitamin d3

90
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Seeds and nuts have fat and produce the hormone:

A

Galanin- which makes fat addictive, natural endorphin

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