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Old September 13th 03, 03:04 AM
PawsForThought
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From: (GAUBSTER2)


Personally I don't care for IAMS (owned by Proctor & Gamble) or Science Diet
(owned by Colgage & Palmolive), mostly because the companies that own these
foods do animal testing on their products.


Here we go again. Colgate doesn't do animal testing on their products. Why
slander them?

Also, when I fed Science Diet in
the past, my cats never did very well on it.


My cats have always done fantastic on it.

I dont' feed commercial food but
my friends who do have cats that do well on Petguard, Felidae, or Wellness.
These foods should be available at a large health food market like Whole
Foods
or Wild Oats, or small pet supply stores.


Those are all foods that are appropriate only for kittens and not adult or
senior cats. Not to mention the fact that they haven't done animal feeding
trials. What have they got to hide?


I honestly don't know whether or not they use feeding trials. Can you prove
that they don't or are you just saying it to bash them?
Here's how good feeding trials are according to AAFCO:
"8 dogs older than 1 yr. must start the test. At start all dogs must be normal
weight & health. A blood test is to be taken from each dog at the start and
finish of the test. For 6 months, the dogs used must only eat the food being
tested. The dogs finishing the test must not
lose more than 15% of their body weight. During the test, none of the
dogs used are to die or be removed because of nutritional causes. 6
of the 8 dogs starting must finish the test."

This is take from AAFCO directly. So, according to them, 25% of the dogs being
tested can die while eating the food being tested, and the food will still
pass. So much for feeding trials, huh? LOL
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