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Stress factors: what’s the impact on companion animals?
IntroductionDogs and cats, once barnyard livestock, have in recent years been brought into the house and treated increasingly as part of the family. One might surmise that this has dramatically reduced the amou...
Author: GREG ALDRICH - Pet Food & Ingredient Technology Inc. (Courtesy of Alltech Inc.)
Publication date: 12/01/2006    Rating:    Views: 355

The interaction of nutrition and the immune system: the role of fatty acids, antioxidants and carbohydrates
Introduction to the immune systemFor many years, researchers have been aware of the interaction between nutrition and the health status of animals. Although early research focused on the effects of nutrient def...
Author: C.M. GRIESHOP (Animal Sciences Dept., Illinois University, Urbana-Champaign, US) ALLTECH INC.
Publication date: 11/24/2006    Rating:    Views: 239

Controlled starch cook and bulk density of dry petfood - Is this for real?
In this article Andritz Sprout will present the latest patented technological developments designed to enable continuous control of product quality and bulk density by means of simple adjustment parameters.Woul...
Author: Andritz Sprout A/S
Publication date: 10/05/2006    Rating:    Views: 602

Pet food production. Process description
Pet Food ProductionCommercial extrusion processing of food products has been practiced for over 60 years. The screw extruder was first used as a continuous cooking device in the late 1930’s. The first commercia...
Author: Galen J. Rokey - WENGER MFG. INC.
Publication date: 09/08/2006    Rating:    Views: 3393