Canine Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM): Page 8

DCM, megaesophagus: diseases linked to dog food in 2018

In Australia, more than 100 dogs developed megaesophagus after eating Mars Petcare Australia Advance Dermocare dry dog food.

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Brand Insights

Solving Separation and Segregation Issues in Pet Food Blends

Horizon Systems

Industry trends of using finer ingredients like starches, fillers and flow agents — also regrind and recycle materials — in greater percentages can result in ingredient separation and segregation, affecting your final product.

Solving Separation and Segregation Issues in Pet Food Blends

Top 5 most searched-for pet food ingredients of 2018

The article with the most page views about that ingredient is included too.

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Stopping grain-free diet, adding taurine helped dogs’ DCM

The scientists published the results of their research, “Taurine deficiency and dilated cardiomyopathy in golden retrievers fed commercial diets,” in the journal PLOS ONE.

Pet Food Market

Top 3 pet food stories for 2018, what they mean for 2019

The pet food market in 2018 saw an FDA ingredient investigation, rampant M&A activity and continued e-commerce and retail disruption. What will 2019 bring?

In 2019, the pet food industry should continue to track an ongoing FDA investigation, M&A activity and e-commerce and retail disruption. | Tess Stukenberg

Pet Food Market

Beyond pet food humanization and premiumization

Two well-established pet food trends continue to control the ebb and flow of pet food industry sales.

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Petfood Industry blogs September 2018: FDA investigation

During September 2018, Petfood Industry bloggers and columnists covered mass market pet food retailers, human food trends and other topics.

5 usage rates of dog food ingredients in FDA DCM warning

FDA notified the public that some canine dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) cases correlated to dogs eating diets containing large amounts of potatoes and legume seeds.

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Pet Food Ingredients

Popular novel pet food ingredients lack in-depth research

Many pet foods now feature ingredients like novel proteins and grain-free starches like peas and potatoes, but there is little research on them for pets.

Legumes like peas and lentils have become popular ingredients, particularly in grain-free pet foods, but little research on their use in pets has been done. | Stephan Schlachter, shutterstock.com

Pet Food Safety

4 Petfood Industry blogs July 2018: FDA, local sourcing

These four blogs covered issues relevant to the pet food industry in July 2018.

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Not all legumes implicated in FDA dog heart disease study

FDA suggests not taking intuitive leaps beyond what is explicitly stated in their public notice.

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Do peas and potatoes really cause heart disease in dogs?

Potatoes and legume seeds can serve as nutritious pet food ingredients, but formulators must balance them with grains or other sources of specific amino acids.

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Potatoes, peas, lentils correlated to dog heart disease

The United States Food and Drug Administration warned of a potential connection between canine dilated cardiomyopathy in dogs eating pet foods containing peas, lentils, other legume seeds, or potatoes as main ingredients.

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