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Old December 13th, 2006, 08:57 PM
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ok, maybe i can restate my point better to avoid confusion: it is important to know how the values are being given, as dry and canned foods vary in moisture content and "as fed" is not the same as "dry matter".
thus when analyzing the values given by the pet food company, it is important to know if the values are being stated in "as fed" or "dry matter" values because foods vary in moisture content and only the latter method takes this moisture difference into account. if one doesn't understand this distinction, they run the risk of inadvertently feeding their pet an inappropriate diet. plus, we can use this knowledge to our advantage when we want to feed a diet with certain characteristice (ie, low calcium as previously stated) without resporting to a lesser quality prescription food.
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