Nutrition 7.2 - Omnivore/Carnivore Feed

Animal Products are:

____ in fiber

____ in NSC (nonstructural carbs)

____ in protein

____ in fat

Low

Low

High

Moderate-high

The USDA defines Meat as: ____.

Which includes…

Fresh, clean striated muscle derived from slaughtered mammals (w or w/o accompanying fat, skin, sinew (tendon), nerves, blood vessels

Includes skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle, tongue, diaphragm, esophagus

The USDA defines Meat Byproduct as: ____.

Which includes…

Non-rendered, clean parts of the slaughtered mammal other than meat

Includes lungs, spleen, kidneys, brain, liver, blood, bone, fatty tissue, stomachs, intestines (free of contents)…

What part of the animal is most nutritious?

Liver then intestines

The USDA defines Poultry Meat as: ____.

Clean flesh and skin with or without accompanying bone

Can be derived from parts and/or whole carcass

NOT feathers, heads, feet, entrails

The USDA defines Poultry Byproduct as: ____.

Which includes…

Non-rendered, clean parts of the poultry carcass that are not meat

Includes heads, feet, viscera (organs)

Must be free from fecal content and foreign matter (trace amounts ok)

What is Rendering?

What are the dis/advantages?

→ ___ “Meal” ; bone meal, poultry meal…

= The cooking of meat/poultry/byproduct to remove water and fat, leaving a protein + mineral rich powder

Much higher DM % than untreated

Lower fat content = more stable

BUT vitamins are denatured and inactivated

What are Probiotics (supplememt)

= Desirable GI microbial cultures that confer a health benefit

Often added to commercial feeds but doesn’t work unless completely dried: suspended animation → reactivated when wet → find food source right then or died and is ineffective

What are Prebiotics (supplement)

= Undigestible fibers that selectively feed microbial populations

Stable and thus easier to add to pet foods

Ex: Inulin, fructooligosaccharides