The Evolution Of Dog Food
Evolution in dog food has come a long way and new dog food trends emerge every year. As knowledge about dog nutrition increases more and more specific dog foods hit the market place. Veterinary nutrition has become a mature science that strives to discover the essential food nutrients and their optimum dosage.
It is said that the life span of pets have increased due to the several cat and dog foods available in the market. The estimates that have been founded shows that the life span of the dog has increased by 3 years in the period of the last fifteen years. This is due to the development that dog foods have made. These days you will find varieties of dog foods.
The history of dog food shows the development that takes place from the evolution of table scraps to the ultra dog food that is based on the dog’s personal DNA. Maintenance of the dog’s body is the main objective of the dog food. The food for the dog should contain amino acids, vitamins and minerals at least in minimum quantity.
To also deliver energy to your dog so he can run and play there must be sufficient amounts of carbohydrates and fats present. The very first commercial dog food (beginning 19th century) did nothing more than that as it was high in sugar and starch. In the nineties dog food was developed based on physiological differences between the different dog breeds.
Also size, age and activity level was taken into account. In this century dog food has become more advanced. The dog genome has been sequenced and more knowledge is gained about the relation between food nutrients and disease or between calorie restriction and life span.
Most of the people want to gather the knowledge about the different types of disease and the foods that contain high nutritional value. Human food business has taken a position of big business. All people want their dogs to have good health.
The author is mainly fond of dogs and related pets. He has written many articles on animals. To gain more information on pets do visit food for pets.
