Type of foods, BCS, myths 211

90% of dogs and cats consume more than half daily calories from ___ diets

commercial

4 basic forms of food: ___,___, ___ ___, and ___

dry, canned, semi moist, raw

The most common type of food is ___

dry

Dry food contains ___-___% of moisture, and ___% or more is dry matter

3-11, 90

Dry food tends to be ___ and ___

complete, balanced

Dry food is the most ___ method of feeding

econnomical

certain levels of starch must be in the diet via ___, ___ ___, and ___ meals

cereal, cereal byproducts, soy

Due to the heating process used in dry food, ___ are added back in after cooking

supplements

Dry food don’t contain enough moisture for ___ or ___ growth, so it has a longer shelf life

bacterial, fungal

Canned food or also ___ food

wet

Wet food has a moisture range of ___-___%

60-70

Canned food can be ___ but it depends on the brand but it often is used as a ___

balanced, topper

Cats more often eat ___ food compared to dogs

canned 

The meat chunks in canned products is often made of ___ products

soy

Canned food tends to be more ___ and ___

palatable, digestible

Semi - moist food have ___-___%, and can include fresh or frozen, animal tissue, cereal grains, fats, and simple sugars

15-30

semi moist food tends to have ___ energy density than dry food

higher

Humectants are used as a ___ for semi moist food

preservative

high sugar is more palatable to ___

dogs

 ___ are used to preserved by retaining moisture

humectants

Semi moist food have the ___ caloric density compared to dry or moist

highest

BARF diets are ___ ___ ___ ___

biologically appropriate raw food

The theory of raw diets is that dogs should be fed raw like their ___

ancestors

Raw diets tend to be nutritionally ___, can present wi lsignificant ___ and ___ risk for both the pet and owners

unbalanced, parasite, microorganisms

 ___ ___ raw is better that straight but still poses a risk

freeze dry

There are significant health problems linked to raw feeding: nutritional ___, ___ or ___ teeth, gastrointestinal ___ or ___, ___ contamination

balances, cracked, fractured, obstructions, perforations, bacterial,

Raw has not gone through ___ trials and isn’t backed by science

feeding

___ raw diets are comercially available

frozen

raw diets don’t improve dental health due to: bones causing tooth ___, ___, and bones can cause ___ contamination

fractures, FB, bacterial

Raw diets don’t improve pet health: as comparitively wolves which they compared too live ___ yrs in the wild but ___ yrs in captivity

8,16

Cats and dogs are still effected by ___ borne diseases like ___, and can shed ___

food, E.coli, bacteria

Meat by products includes non-rendered and cleaned parts including:

• lungs

• spleen

• kidney

• brain

• liver

• blood

• bone

• heads

• poultry feet

• partly defatted fatty tissue

• stomach and intestines that are emptied of contents

BCS or body condition score is a ___ assessment of animal body fat

subjective

BCS involves ___ and ___ assessment to determine

physical, visual