Assessment of mineral adequacy in preprepared raw dog foods labeled as complete.

ABSTRACT: In parallel with the growing number of pets, interest in their proper nutrition is also increasing. Many alternative diets have become popular. In addition to home-prepared raw food, commercially available preprepared raw dishes have also been developed in recent years. According to publications from the last decade, many recipes for raw foods do not fulfill the definition of a complete and balanced diet. We determined the mineral composition of complete preprepared raw dishes (n = 33) available in Hungary and compared the results with the FEDIAF's recommendations. Macroelements were determined via inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry, and microelements and heavy metals were determined via inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. None of the foods were complete to

SUBMITTER: Moravszki L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12690097 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature