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Ajanta wrote: Observer same@ wrote: : Cats can eat pork... I still don't understand why it is so rare in commercial cans, but as Mishi's post show it has been spotted! It's present as "meat by-products". It's just too valuable in the secondary market (hot dogs, etc.) to be sent to the animal food market. -L. |
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You know we need our pickled pigs feet
I think I am going to be sick |
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No More Retail wrote: You know we need our pickled pigs feet I think I am going to be sick LOL...I have never understood some tastes. -L. |
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I did some research in Veterinary Journals and Vin.com (a Vet & Vet Tech
website) and here's what I found out. On the Iams food labels it lists "animal fat" which a pig fat represents a small amount. (Melody Foess Raasch, D.V.M., Technical Services Veterinarian, Consumer Care, The Iams Company). Purina has documentation on their website that "While we do incorporate pork as an ingredient in some of our pet food products, we do not manufacture any dog or cat food products with pork as one of the primary ingredients. There is no reason from a nutrition standpoint not to use pork for pet foods. However, market research studies indicate that there isn't a lot of consumer demand for dog or cat food products which contain pork as a primary ingredient. Should that perception change, we would re-evaluate the use of pork as a primary ingredient in pet food products." Several vets have "alternate diets" and home-cooked diet recipes that have cooked pork as a protein source. Just thoughts. I have no specific facts "Ajanta" wrote in message ... Quite clearly, cat food seems to be derived not from what cats would eat but from what humans eat: beef, chicken, turkey, tuna, etc. However, I also notice a conspicuous absence of one very popular and common human staple from cat foods: pork. Why is that? Can cats not eat pork? Is it harmful to them? |
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I got something worse scrabble it is made of cow's various organs guess
which ones |
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"Dr.Carla,DVM" wrote in message news:9v4%e.378065$_o.303589@attbi_s71... I did some research in Veterinary Journals and Vin.com (a Vet & Vet Tech website) and here's what I found out. On the Iams food labels it lists "animal fat" which a pig fat represents a small amount. (Melody Foess Raasch, D.V.M., Technical Services Veterinarian, Consumer Care, The Iams Company). Purina has documentation on their website that "While we do incorporate pork as an ingredient in some of our pet food products, we do not manufacture any dog or cat food products with pork as one of the primary ingredients. There is no reason from a nutrition standpoint not to use pork for pet foods. However, market research studies indicate that there isn't a lot of consumer demand for dog or cat food products which contain pork as a primary ingredient. Should that perception change, we would re-evaluate the use of pork as a primary ingredient in pet food products." Interesting. This certainly speaks to the role of consumer perception in pet food formulation. "Demand for dog or cat food products which contain pork as a primary ingredient.?" What would fuel that demand if not attractiveness of pork to the people buying the cat food. Nothing in these comments addresses the value or lack thereof of pork from a nutritional standpoint. The focus is on a "public perception" standpoint. |
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"No More Retail" wrote in message m... I got something worse scrabble it is made of cow's various organs guess which ones It's "scrapple" and having eaten it once I don't want to know! |
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what a strange thing to say.
pigs roll in mud, not excrement. this is a behavioural routine to keep cool. they don't choose to roll in their own excrement. on the contrary, they are careful to relieve themselves away from their sleeping area. most dogs like nothing better than a good roll in horse manure. does that make them filthy animals as well? all of which has no bearing on why the OP can't find pork in cats' food. whitershadeofpale wrote: A pig is a filthy animal Sure bacon tastes good, and yeah sewer rat might taste like pumpkin pie but a SWINE is still a filthy animal I mean, what other animal rolls in its own feces.. Just my thought on it |
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jils wrote: what a strange thing to say. pigs roll in mud, not excrement. this is a behavioural routine to keep cool. they don't choose to roll in their own excrement. on the contrary, they are careful to relieve themselves away from their sleeping area. most dogs like nothing better than a good roll in horse manure. does that make them filthy animals as well? I wouldn't go so far as to call a dog filthy, but they're definitely dirty. But a dog's got personality. And personality goes a long way. -L. (My apologies to Quentin Tarantino) |
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"Ajanta" wrote in message ... Quite clearly, cat food seems to be derived not from what cats would eat but from what humans eat: beef, chicken, turkey, tuna, etc. However, I also notice a conspicuous absence of one very popular and common human staple from cat foods: pork. Why is that? Cost (expensive compared to most pet food protein sources) and probably religious concerns (e.g., Judaism, Islam) and possibly exaggerated fear of trichinosis (only if eaten raw or not cooked thoroughly). Can cats not eat pork? Is it harmful to them? Absolutely not. Pork is the primary ingredient in Hill's Prescription Diet m/d for diabetes management and metabolic weight loss due to its high protein (14g/100 kcal) and low carbohydrate (0) content. A high protein and low carbohydrate diet is a *true* carnivorous diet- high protein and low carbohydrates has been the cat's evolutionary diet for millennia. Phil |
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