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Chances are that you have at least once stumbled upon a website or advertisement proclaiming that your pet's commercial dog food is wholly inadequate, or worse, killing your dog. These internet smear campaigns started shortly after the dog food recall scare in 2005 due to Aflotoxins in a variety of pet foods. Aflotoxins are produced by a fungus, and in this case the fungus was growing on a bad batch of corn, which unfortunately was used in a shipment of pet food.

The company, which shall remain nameless, failed to comply with standard internal quality control and testing procedures, which resulted in the illness and death of over 100 dogs, and 1 cat. The company as since cleaned up its act, and other companies followed suit by strengthening their quality control measures.

As a result, our pet's food supply is safer, and healthier than it has ever been. Dogs are living much longer than they had just a decade ago, and much of this longevity can be attributed to the great strides made in animal nutrition. One of the lesser known reasons for the overcrowding of animal shelters is that people's pets are living much longer than they used to, and as a result, they adopt new dogs less frequently.

Critics will argue that if the food is so nutritious, then why do they have to spray it after processing to give it more nutritional value?

The answer is simply that micro-nutrients, such as vitamin-a for example, must be added evenly to the food and in precise and minute quantities. They are added in such a manner to ensure that every morsel is as nutritionally balanced as the next.

The only caveat to the commercialization of dog food is that there are loopholes in the regulation of dog food brands that are only sold instate. If the manufacturer does not ship his pet food product across state lines, then his product is not has heavily regulated as some of the larger, nationwide brands.

Companies will not profit from killing their clients pets. They want nothing more than for your pets to live for decades, so that you continue to purchase their product on a regular basis. As terrible as that may sound, it is the truth. It is the motivation behind the rapid advances in animal nutrition in recent years. There is no "dog food conspiracy".

About The Author

Garett Flores is a pre-vet student and Cal Poly trained animal scientist employed as a veterinary assistant at a private small animal practice in Bakersfield, California. He has combined his love of animals and experience with computers to create a web page about animal husbandry and basic animal pet care for a variety of pets including but not limited to ferrets, lizards, snakes, turtles, rats, mice, and hamsters. He has also recently launched a website on Dog Breeds

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