Preparing recipes for petfood requires a detailed knowledge of the animal's requirements at different life stages, but most of all has to satisfy the most important petfood consumer - the pet owner. Today's petfood is formulated to extend the animal's quality of life for as long as possible, in ways that the pet owner can identify. Thus, the damaging effects of the environment, the natural processes of ageing, stool quality and functional foods are all major targets in petfood research.
Contents
- A changing landscape: the petfood market in Europe
- Human consumer trends and elements in petfood
- Potential role of yeast and yeast-byproducts in pet foods
- Glycomics: putting carbohydrates to work for animal and human health
- Prebiotics in companion animals
- Minerals in petfood: adequate versus optimum
- Organic mineral absorption: molecular mimicry or modified mobility
- Selenium requirements in cats and dogs
- Antioxidant considerations for companion animal, with special reference to immunity
- Selenium status and the implications for cancer and long-term health
- Benefits and sources of antioxidation in petfood
- Water activity as a tool for predicting and controlling the stability of pet foods
- Effects of mycotoxins in domestic pet species
- Exploiting molecular biology for pet health and disease research: brain aging