Pet Foods Flashcards
Types of pet foods
Dry Canned/pouch Soft - moist (soft-dry) Supplements and treats Home made: raw
Dry food is mostly made in
Extruded; plater with a hole in it and a rotating blade; food that emerges is low fate
Dry pet foods
~10% moisture (AAFCO defines
Canned /pouch
75 - 80 % moisture (AAFCO >65%) 20% of sales Usually, higher at higher protein Highly palatable More expensive per kcal
Soft moist
30% moisture (AAFCO 20-65%) Certain humectants eg sorbitol Minor importance Very expensive per kcal Usually palatable High in calcium and phosphorus
Converting % as fed to & dry matter
Dry add 1/10
Wet multiply by 4 or 5
Soft moist multiply by 1.5
Supplements and treats
11% of sales Meat Calcium Vitamins People food All unbalance a balanced pet food
Meat by product
Striated muslce
Skeletal, heart, diaphragm, esophagus
Meat by products
Include spleen, liver, kidneys bone, blood, fat, intestine cleaned of contents
Not meat, hair, horn, hoof, teeth
Meat by product meal
Rendered to remove fat
AAFCO feeding trials
> 8 animals fed
Diet only source of nutrition
Physical exam, PCV, RBC count, hemoglobin, alkaline phosphate se, albumin at start and end
Body weight weekly
What is required in guaranteed analysis
Crude protein
Crude fat
Crude fiber
Moisture
Association of American Feed Control Officials
private organization composed of regulators
Does not make or enforce any laws
Review labels and set standards
Each state may or may no choose to adopt what AAFCO recommends
AAFCO has developed
Uniforms definitions for all feed ingredients
Some rules concerning labeling
Minimum and some maximum recommendations for nutrient requirements
Testing procedures for pet food claims of ‘complete and balanced’
