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1
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What information is required to be on a pet food label?

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Weight, cat food/dog food (type), name and address of manufacturer, guaranteed analysis, ingredients, nutritional adequately statement, feeding guidelines

2
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95% of the total weight.

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Beef

3
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25% of the total weight.

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Beef dinner

4
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3% of total weight of ingredients.

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“With beef”

5
Q
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Beef flavor

6
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What is required in the guaranteed analysis?

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Min. % of crude protein and crude fat and max % of fiber and moisture and the “ash” minerals

7
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The higher on the list of the ingredient….

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The more predominance of weight in the food prior to processing

8
Q

The ingredient statement does not….

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Include any quality info about the ingredients

9
Q

Clean parts other than meat that are typically used in human food.

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By products

10
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Two parts of a nutritional adequacy statement.

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Formulation method and feeding trial

11
Q

The “gold standard” of nutritional adequacy statement.

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Feeding trial

12
Q

Must include kcals.

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Feeding guidelines.

13
Q

Is only a STARTING POINT for buyers.

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Feeding guidelines

14
Q

Just means it came from an animal or plant.

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Natural

15
Q

AAFCO has not defined….

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Organic

16
Q

Generally song as off brands or generic food.

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“All purpose diet”

17
Q

Marked under the idea that the food will meet the needs of any lifestyle or point in the animals life.

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“All purpose diet”

18
Q

Often found in veterinary hospitals for special nutritional needs.

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Special purpose food.

19
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Preferred over plastic.

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Stainless or stoneware

20
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Dry matter basis calculation.

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Reported amt of nutrient/total amount of dry matter x100

21
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Tends to have lower protein, fat and minerals.

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Dry foods.

22
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Cons in dry foods.

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Takes out nutrients, lower in digestibility, processing

23
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Types of food.

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Dry food, semi-moist food, wet food

24
Q

Tends to leads to obesity due to being high in corn starch.

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Semi-moist food

25
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Examples of healthy treats.

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Carrots, broccoli, lean meat, canned pumpkin

26
Q

Used to correct a nutritional deficiency.

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Supplements

27
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AAFCO

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American association of feed control officials