Feeding Trials: Hill's prescription pet foods do go through
trial feeding tests on real dogs to meet AAFCO's highest standard, proving it provides complete and balanced nutrition for adult and puppy maintenance.
Not exact matches
Might it have been because he knew the goal was now within his reach, that after three hard years of
testing,
trial, stress and many disappointments, giving, always giving, pouring out his mind, his heart, his very soul, spilling forth so readily the vibrant life that was within him in acts of healing,
feeding, loving, might it have been with some relief he caught sight of the end of his long journey, glimpsed the goal which, fearful though it was to us, to him would mean fulfillment of his task, the long - expected climax and conclusion of his pilgrimage?
This was
tested through a clinical
trial that is 2 - weeks old infants
fed by a Philips AVENT Anti-Colic Nipple and the result is that it suffered less colic than when performing with a conventional baby bottle.
The protocol builds upon available information and proposes household
trials to
test improved
feeding recommendations.
For instance, the allergy
tests available are not terribly good at determining food allergies, and therefore instead of identifying a specific food and avoiding it, we instead recommend
feeding a prescription hypoallergenic diet on a strict
trial basis (
feed this and nothing else), while gauging to see how your pet responds.
These foods are
testing through laboratory methods for nutrient content before and after processing, and many are subjected to
feeding trials to determine their digestibility and the adequacy of their nutritional content as
fed to healthy dogs.
These reference standards and limited
feeding trials are, like the basic pharmacology and preclinical
testing of pharmaceuticals, not perfect, and it is certainly likely that advances in our understanding of dogs» nutritional needs as well as epidemiologic studies of dogs
fed commercial diets will uncover changes that need to be made in the formulations of commercial diets.
This means that these foods have been confirmed to have appropriate nutritional value through lab
tests and
feeding trials.
The best source of nutrition for your pet is a balanced, nutritionally complete, commercial diet that has been
tested with AAFCO
feeding trials.
Large - and giant - breed puppies should be
fed complete and balanced growth diets that have been
tested in
feeding trials and that contain calcium, fat, and protein at levels closer to the minimums stated by AAFCO.
If it says, «animal
feeding tests using AAFCO procedures substantiate that [product] provides complete and balanced nutrition,» it was analyzed in a lab and
tested in animal
feeding trials.
All
tests are done
feeding our own dogs and cats, and through national veterinary
feeding trials.
In Canada, look for foods approved by the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) or foods that are labeled as having been
tested by
feeding trials.
Are your diets
tested using Association of American
Feed Control Officials
feeding trials or by formulation to meet AAFCO nutrient profiles?
Tested products are best because you have assurances that they have been tested by feeding trials and that they have performed success
Tested products are best because you have assurances that they have been
tested by feeding trials and that they have performed success
tested by
feeding trials and that they have performed successfully.
Companies that conduct
feeding trials must certify they followed AAFCO guidelines and their nutrition claims are supported by
test results.
Look for the words «
feeding tests,» «AAFCO
feeding test protocols,» or «AAFCO
feeding studies» to make sure the food was
tested with
feeding trials.
The statement may say the food is formulated to meet AAFCO standards or that it has been
tested in
feeding trials and found to provide complete nutrition.
All Ziwi Peak
feeding trials or research programs involving animals are conducted using in - home
testing protocols, often recruiting the voluntary services of our employee's pets, as well as the pets of our loyal customers.
Although diet
trials are the gold standard of pet food
testing, there are in fact very few dog foods which have undergone official
feeding trials.
Watch out: If a product analyzed in an AAFCO laboratory meets the respective standards established by this organization, it is considered «complete and balanced» without actually being
tested in
feeding trials.
If a pet food company chooses the
feeding trial method to say their product is nutritionallly adequate, the label will read something similar to, «Animal
feeding tests using AAFCO procedures substantiate that Brand Y Adult dog food provides complete and balanced nutrition for maintenance of adult dogs.»
Another way would be to add large amounts of healthful foods, which would provide enough nutrition despite the processing, but expensive
testing or
feeding trials would be necessary to prove the foods are adequate.
If a dog food product acquires the AAFCO Nutritional Adequacy Statement, it has met the Nutritional Profile based on the lab
testing or it successfully completed and passed a
feeding trial on live dogs.
AAFCO developed a protocol for a six - month
feeding trial that can be used as a tool to determine whether a food can sustain life in a target
test population (dogs or cats in all life stages, or specific stages of growth of maintenance).
All that information was then
fed back to the Bourke Tribal Council which set out an agenda for the Maranguka project, with working groups adopting a «
test and
trial» approach to determine which activities best drive progress towards the project's goals and targets.