subject: Balanced diet for pets [print this page] Balanced diet for pets Balanced diet for pets
When using such a diet does not happen any loss or accumulation of nutrients. The role of a balanced diet is that it helps to maintain a long and healthy life pets and reduces their susceptibility to disease.There are two main types of animal feeding:
- Feeding forages homemade- Feeding forages in industrial production
The use of home-feeding, especially if they are poorly balanced, can contribute to the emergence of various diseases. Even with careful implementation of all recommendations, homemade diets, tended to remain unbalanced. Adding to their composition of various minerals and vitamins, implemented on the advice of a veterinarian, can lead to various disorders. There is another drawback of homemade food - is that it does not need to chew. In this case, the teeth are not cleaned of plaque and tartar. Therefore, you should regularly inspect your pet's mouth and suggest something to clean the teeth.
What are the advantages of feeding the animals ready industrial diets?
Feeding processed feeds is very convenient for pet owners. No need to spend a lot of time to purchase fresh food for cooking and balancing the diet. The more so because it's guaranteed to make the impossible, provided that the owner of the house there is no biochemical laboratory to allow a full analysis of the finished diet. In the manufacture of high quality industrial feed from each batch of samples are taken, which are investigated by independent laboratories. The result is a "guaranteed analysis", which is indicated on the packaging of feed. Due to this, the owner knows exactly how many specific proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals is guaranteed to come in the animal ezhednevno.Osobenno is important when it comes to therapeutic diets, where the advantages of ready-made diets that are specially designed for specific diseases and conditions that are evident . After diet therapy in some cases is the most effective method of treatment. Almost impossible to feed homemade provide strictly controlled intake of certain substances that are sometimes measured in milligrams. For example, you can compare the nutritional value of meat, which is most often used in homemade diets, with the needs of the animal, based on the energy needs of the organism, which is the first step in the preparation of rations.
