Dog ownership in India is skyrocketing. Reliable figures are hard to come by, but there are thought to be over 10 million pedigree dogs on the sub-continent. The market research website Euromonitor In...
More and more horses are becoming obese and, as with humans, overweight horses are prone to a number of debilitating conditions. So it’s important that they get the right balance of energy (calorie) i...
Pet food is commonly available as a dry kibble or a wet product. Both types, when described as ‘complete and balanced’, provide the essential nutrients in the right ratios for dogs or cats. Wet pet fo...
7th October, 2011 – A team of researchers has shown that female kittens consume more food and are more likely to be overweight post-neutering when compared with all their littermates. In a 12-month st...
Toy dogs may look cute, but many were bred for work. The Yorkshire Terrier, for instance, was reared to hunt rats in the cotton mills of Northern England. This accounts not just for its size, but also...
Nearly one third of the global fish catch is currently processed into animal feed. Much of this is then used in the growing aquaculture industry, which means we are effectively recycling fish to produ...
A collaborative team of researchers has found that cats are able to consume a diet relatively high in fat without raising cholesterol levels. The research also showed that, as long as cats’ daily calo...
The research, conducted at the WALTHAM Centre for Pet Nutrition, demonstrated that a diet high in moisture boosts a cat’s total daily water intake to a level that cannot be achieved by simply providin...