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Warning of pet food: Dog and cat in danger - ingredients in the feed can be harmful

2020-06-11T05:52:28.440Z


Animal feed can contain ingredients that make four-legged friends sick. There are often things in the food that dogs and cats cannot tolerate.


Animal feed can contain ingredients that make four-legged friends sick. There are often things in the food that dogs and cats cannot tolerate.

  • The own pet wants to do with supposedly high-quality feed something good.
  • Nevertheless, the food often makes the four-legged friends sick.
  • The reason: this often contains ingredients that dogs and cats cannot tolerate.

NRW - The selection of food for pets is now huge: from chewing bones for the dog or a gourmet menu for the cat, everything is included. But many common types of food contain substances that can be dangerous for the four-legged friends, reports RUHR24.de *.

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Dogs (Canidae)

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Order: Predators (Carnivora)

Gestation period:

58-68 days

Life expectancy

10–13 years (can vary greatly depending on the breed)

Food for dogs and cats: Often not as high as it seems

The manufacturers of animal feed usually promise a balanced, healthy diet and valuable nutrients for dogs and cats. The products apparently leave no doubt with hardly any customers. And some people also dig deep into their wallets when it comes to delicious snacks for the hairy darlings.

Because big and small producers of premium feed brands and special offers have been enjoying growing sales for years . The problem: The regulations allow niches with which slaughterhouse waste and cheap fillers can be marketed at a high price as first-class pet food, as Eco Women reports. 

These toxic ingredients are often found in dog and cat food

Grain is at the forefront of fillers . This apparently harmless ingredient is filling and full-fledged for people, but can become a real problem for dogs and cats .

Basically, grain is much cheaper than meat and can be found in some types of feed for pets with a share of 90%. Both cats and dogs are primarily carnivores. However, the excessive intake of carbohydrates , especially in cats, disturbs the natural feeling of satiety and the animals tend to overeat.

Grains in animal feed can be dangerous for cats and dogs

The consequences of this could be dramatic: obesity , inflammation of the digestive tract, behavior disorders or diabetes can develop from excessive consumption of grain. Veterinarians also see a direct connection with the increased feeding of dry industrial food and diseases of civilization in dogs and cats.

Especially in dogs, too much grain in the feed is often the reason for chronic bowel diseases or joint deformities. The grain is said to prevent important minerals from being absorbed from the diet. This can lead to persistent, inflammatory processes and tumors in the four-legged friends.

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Although pet owners only want to do something good for their darling with apparently high-quality food, food for dogs and cats is often questionable. 

© Sebastian Gollnow / Julian Stratenschulte / dpa; Collage: RUHR24

Dog and cat: Animal feed often insists on questionable slaughterhouse waste

Another problem in the animal feed industry: there is often slaughtering waste in the food for dogs and cats . These are considered inedible for humans and are basically divided into three levels.

Any category 3 waste products from the slaughter industry may be processed into pet food . Category 1 and 2, however, hide carcasses suspected of being diseases that can pose a health risk  to pets. These should not actually end up in animal feed.

In the worst case, common animal feed makes dogs and cats sick

But the manufacturers also have their tricks here: animal processing plants often process the questionable slaughterhouse waste into animal meal or other camouflaged fillers. Their origin is difficult to identify and can therefore be contaminated with pathogens (more service articles on RUHR24.de *).

Dogs and cats would hardly touch the majority of common convenience foods in their original form. For this reason, flavor enhancers and attractants are usually added to the feed . Over 200 additives, such as flavors, glutamates, enzymes or medicines , some of which are dubious, may be added to animal feed in Germany.

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Food for dogs and cats: what are the alternatives?

Many of these additives are not only unnatural, but also harmful to health. But how can you do something good for cats and dogs ? First of all, it doesn't always have to be branded feed . At Stiftung Warentest, comparatively cheap cat food in particular performed well *.

Manufacturers of branded feed such as Royal Canin are already   familiar with the allegations , but classify cereals in animal feed as harmless. Important nutrients such as proteins, fiber and vitamins are said to be in wheat grains. According to the animal feed dealer Fressnapf, it would also depend on the right amount and processing of grain.

Food for cats and dogs: this has to be considered when buying

If both fits, the dog and cat can digest grain without problems. The veterinary portal nevertheless recommends checking the ingredients of animal feed and is more likely to warn of feeding errors such as overfeeding in dogs and cats.

If you want to be on the safe side or don't want to study the list of ingredients when shopping , you can make the food for your four-legged friends yourself. Specialist literature offers the appropriate instructions for this , tailored to the respective needs of the pet.

* RUHR24.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network

List of rubric lists: © Sebastian Gollnow / Julian Stratenschulte / dpa; Collage: RUHR24

Source: merkur

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