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RE: dog/cat food
Hi Doug,
Interesting.
Have you had a chance to compare dry dog chow vs. dry kitten [not cat] chow?
That was my original supposition.
Thanks,
mike stoecker
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Karpa-Wilson [SMTP:dkarpawi at indiana_edu]
> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 3:42 PM
> To: killietalk at aka_org
> Subject: Re: dog/cat food
>
> >"My guess it that if you compare the oil/fat content of dog and kitten
> chows
> >you will find that the kitten chow has more of it. Theory: the
> >oil/fat/vitamin K content is what's driving the worm population growth.
> >Let us know if you do a comparison.
> >mike stoecker"
> >
> >Mike,
> > I just started using it last night and I'll tell you how it goes.
> >Using
> >Proplan dog food. Turkey and rice I believe.
> >
> >Boat
>
> Hey, I compared various kitten and cat chows today. The purina kitten
> chow has 41% protein and 25% fat (IIRC) which was the highest in these
> categories. Most of the others (Science diet, iams, purina one) hit
> around
> 35-6% protein in the kitten chows and around 32% for the adult versions.
> The numbers for fat were 20-22% fat and 15-19% in the adult.
>
> Just FYI.
>
> Doug
>
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