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  • AFIA holds Pet Food Conference at 2022 IPPE

    AFIA holds annual Pet Food Conference at 2022 IPPE.

  • Younger pet owners plan to spend less, lose pets in 2022

    Gen Z and millennial pet owners dramatically increased their concerns that they will need to give up a pet because of the pandemic.

  • Pet food business groups question Russian watchdog claims

    Veterinary regulator Rosselhoznadzor has accused Western pet food companies of releasing products with ingredients that do not match the product label.

  • Waste is Disposed of in Pet Food in Canada Too

    250,000 pounds of drown (decomposing) hog carcasses were rendered into pet food/animal feed ingredients in Canada.

  • Century makes first Philippine-made wet cat food line

    Learn about Century Pacific Food’s new wet cat food line, Goodest, breaking into the Philippine pet food market.

  • Zesty Paws announces first national distributor

    Zesty Paws announces Phillips as its new national distributor.

  • Ball Metalpack sold to Sonoco

    Ball Metalpack sold to Sonoco.

  • Pandemic pet ownership at 14% 2021, but uneven

    Explore how the increasingly endemic pandemic seems to have continued fueling U.S. pet ownership in 2021.

  • Growth Guide: Keeping your Puppy on the Right Track

    Growing puppies have very specific nutritional requirements that are different from those of adult dogs.  Feeding puppies correctly reduces their risk for obesity and orthopedic diseases, and increases their chances for a healthy life.  Puppies are very sensitive to nutritional imbalances which can include too much or too little of a nutrient or even improper balance between different nutrients.  Nutritional imbalances that might have minimal negative effects – especially in the short term –  in an adult dog can have disastrous results in a growing puppy, such as malformed or fractured bones, anemia, poor growth, skin problems, or even heart disease. One of the reasons puppies have such specialized nutritional requirements is that they have to be able to grow from tiny puppies at birth to full-sized adults within approximately one year and stay healthy.  Nowhere are the unique requirements more evident than in large or giant breed puppies.  For example, a Great Dane puppy that weighs 1 or 2 pounds at birth grows well over 100 pounds within one year (and even more by the time they’re full-grown at 18 months)!  But even small breed puppies need careful nutrition while growing to optimize their health. Too many calories from puppy food, treats, and other foods during growth can cause puppies to become overweight.  However, even before those extra calories cause a puppy to become overweight, they cause puppies to grow too quickly which – especially in large breed puppies – can increase their risk for bone and joint problems that can affect them for their entire lives.  Keeping your puppy at a perfect body condition score of 4 to 5 (on a 9-point scale) is critical (and it’s better to err on the side of your puppy having a body condition score of 4 or even a little lower,…

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  • DCM focus gone, but pet food faces another disease threat

    FDA’s DCM and pet food investigation seems dormant, though others are still doing research, while U.S. pet food may face risk from African swine fever.