Rising veterinary bills present pet owners with a painful choice — chicagotribune.com

Interesting article for pet owners.

I would argue against getting ‘pet health insurance’ and argue for insuring your pet’s health by taking good care of the animal and feeding it quality food. IE Not the “Alley Cat” or “Ol’ Roy” cheapo foods. They are cheap for a reason…

Here is one example:

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What Are Animal By-Products and Rendered Meats?

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Animal by-products are ground, rendered, and cleaned slaughtered meat carcass parts such as necks, feet, undeveloped eggs, bones, heads, and intestines (and a small amount of feathers in the case of chicken) — yes, by-products are as gross and disgusting as they sound. The quality of animal by-products is very inconsistent between batches.

In many cases, by-product meals are derived from “4-D” meat sources — defined as food animals that have been rejected for human consumption because they were presented to the meat packing plant as “Dead, Dying, Diseased or Disabled.”

AAFCO Definition for Meat By-Products

“Meat by-products is the non-rendered, clean parts, other than meat, derived from slaughtered mammals. It includes, but is not limited to, lungs, spleen, kidneys, brain, livers, blood, bone, partially defatted low temperature fatty tissue, and stomachs and intestines freed of their contents. It does not include hair, horns, teeth and hoofs. It shall be suitable for use in animal food. If it bears name descriptive of its kind, it must correspond thereto.”

Animal by-products are commonly found in the majority of lower-grade pet foods and even many of the larger name brands that market themselves as “premium pet food” manufacturers, including Science Diet (even their prescription diet product line), Purina (both Purina One and Purina Pro Plan), and Iams / Eukanuba. Ingredients listed as “beef, chicken, and/or poultry byproducts” on pet food labels are not required to include actual meat, and “rendered meat” on labels can refer to ANY rendered mammal meat, including dogs and cats!”

Yum…

Also buy a leash and use it…

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Rising veterinary bills present pet owners with a painful choice — chicagotribune.com

What Are Animal By-Products and Rendered Meats?

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