balanced feed
The packaging of animal feed must include a set of data to ensure their adaptation to their special nutritional requirements. The consumer and dog owner, in turn, be able to read all those labeling to make sure your pet to provide adequate food.
The key to a food to be considered optimal is the complete and balanced statement, indicating that contains the necessary nutrients in the right proportions without the need for adding any kind of supplement to the diet of animal
Guaranteed Analysis "? Good feed
recognized by what is called "guaranteed analysis", a quality study that should show the guaranteed amounts of specific nutrients in the product. There are various regulations that require that this analysis is present in the labeling of containers, clearly indicating the minimum and maximum values \u200b\u200bof nutrients in the food, values \u200b\u200bare also set by the Health Laws. Thus, if the label guarantees that the product contains a minimum of 21% protein, for example, can contain up to 23%, but never less than indicated. The same happens with other components such as fat, but for others, such as fiber, moisture, instead of the minimum is the maximum mark.
Care labels The label on the packaging of food, both dry and semi moist or wet should be reflected the following:
The mark.
animal species and category of target: dogs, adults, puppies, etc.
Net weight and expiration date.
Percentage of nutrients: proteins, fats carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals that compose it.
List of ingredients: it identifies the sources from which it obtains nutrients and are listed according to weight in descending order.
dosage or daily ration, though generally indicative and depends on the particular animal.
manufacturer or distributor with full information and contact details. Country of origin
should know
complete and balanced food for dogs required three qualities also ensure defined as digestibility palatability and health.
Digestibility is a way to measure the nutritional content of food: the amount of energy the animal's body digests, absorbs, and is able to take advantage, regardless of the chemical analysis of its components. Would, ultimately, the difference between food intake and removed. The more digestible than food have more nutritional value, since they can only use the nutrients absorbed by the digestive system, while the rest is excreted in the feces.
Although digestibility is a property of food and not the animal, each species has a different way, depending on your digestive system to absorb the various nutrients with the same food can be very digestible for dogs, for example, and not for cats.
Palatability is the condition that has tasty food for the animal. The palatability study was conducted with the combination of the smell, texture and taste, and directly influences appetite and behavior of the animal to the food.
Finally, the guarantee of health indicates that the food is completely free of pathogens and has been processed and packed according to the processes that ensure this condition. It may also include the action of certain non-harmful additives that act as preservatives and antioxidants, extending product life.
necessary nutrients and its source
know the food pyramid and basic principles of nutrition will help to choose food for our dog and evaluate the quality. Proteins, carbohydrates and fiber, fats, vitamins and minerals are the elements that provide energy to the body and feed these ueden come from many different sources.
Proteins Necessary for the growth and formation of all tissues. They consist of chains of amino acids, of which some are produced by the body and others must be obtained through food.
The protein dog food can come meat, fish, bones, eggs and dairy products, processed into meal and dry goods in general.
If the analysis says the ingredients or meat products derived from flour also refers to non-muscle tissues and organs (liver, kidneys, stomach, etc..) Of various animals such as chicken, turkey, pork or beef.
If specifically says poultry, beef or pork indicates that the proteins are obtained Dedel animal muscle tissue. Necessary Vitamins
as catalysts for various chemical reactions, perform many functions, including maintaining healthy skin, hair, eyes, bones, etc.
You get the milk, vegetables, yeast, liver, kidneys and cereals and are often added as supplements (A, D, E, K, biotin, B12, riboflavin, thiamine, etc..) To pet food to achieve a balanced vitamin intake. Minerals
have structural and regulatory functions involved in the formation of bone and calcium in neuromuscular transmission, such as magnesium in blood clotting in numerous enzymatic and metabolic processes at very small but necessary for the proper functioning of the body in general.
in dog foods, sources of minerals are meat, liver, fish, dairy, grains, marrow and also added as supplements of magnesium, calcium, phosphorus and copper.
Essential fatty acids provide energy and maintain healthy hair and skin. They also make tasty meals and help in the absorption of some vitamins. In the dog food fats may be of animal, usually stabilized with vitamin E, or vegetable oil or sunflower oil and its rate should be monitored in low-calorie diets, older and obese dogs. Carbohydrates and fiber
provide immediate energy and fiber contained in them to aid digestion and intestinal function, dragging wastes which are eliminated in the stool, favoring a good consistency of them. The contribution of carbohydrate in diets for pets is resolved based mainly rice, maize and wheat, grains and flours.
is also added crude fiber in the form of beet pulp, chicory pulp, yam flour, guar gum, peas and other vegetable fibers. Antioxidant supplements
Lately many manufacturers incorporate the feed, especially those for older dogs some elements that act as antioxidants, slowing the aging and the generation of free radicals in the body and increasing the defenses.
The most common are: taurine, an amino acid which acts as an antioxidant and contributes to the smooth functioning of the heart, the bioflavonoids, to delay cellular aging, and some micronutrients such as selenium, copper, manganese and zinc, minerals that are essential for the antioxidant process.
also vitamins C (ascorbic Ac.), E (alpha tocopherol) and provitamin A (Beta Carotene) are being included as antioxidant supplements.
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