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Jenny234
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20-04-2006, 04:56 PM

how much protein does ur dogs diet really contain?

you can calculate the amount of protein in your dogs diet.

The amount of protein contained in the diet is important. This is not a case of simply looking on the label of the bag or can of food. The true protein content depends on the amount of moisture contained in the food. Dry foods contain very little moisture but canned foods often a great deal of moisture which can significantly alter the protein content from that displayed on the label.
A food with a very high protein content can cause aggressive behaviour, overactivity/excitability as well as several digestive problems. It is well worth calculating the true protein content of food when treating behaviour problems.

For example.

say a dry complete food contains 30% protein and 10% moisture, there is 90% dry matter (100% less 10% moisture) of which 30% is protein.
Therefore, to calculate the actual % protein -
30
--- x 100 = 33.3%
90

Say a canned food contains 9% protein and 80% moisture, there is 20% dry matter (100% less 80% moisture)) of which 9% is protein.
Therefore, to calculate the actualy % protein -

9
--- x 100 = 45%
20


suprising isnt it!
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