Highlights:

10 Secrets of The Dog Food Business
How To Tell Quality By Looking At The Label
What Never -- EVER -- To Feed Your Dog
The Key To Interpreting Date Codes
Why Cheap Dog Food Isn't Cheap
The Basics of Nutrition
Ethoxyquin: The Scientific Evidence
Preservatives
Proteins: The Best Sources
Carbohydrates and Crude Fiber
Vitamins and Minerals
Pet Food Fallacies
When Are Supplements Necessary?
The Basics of Nutrition
Holiday Stress
Selenium
Calcium
Zinc Deficiency
Death By Chocolate
How Food Labels Are Changing
The Latest Pet Food Regulations
Nutrition and Disease
There Is A Difference In Dog Foods
Light Foods, Bad Skin
The Best Food For Your Money?
What Not To Serve For The Holidays
Is Your Dog Allergic To His Food?
Understanding Dog Food Labels
A Food For Every Age
Skin Allergies and Food
Secrets of the Dog Food Business
How Dog Food Is Made
Can Diet Prevent Hip Dysplasia?
The Heimlich Maneuver
65 Product Test Reports, Including Raw Food and Super-Premium Foods

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Complete Contents of
The Dog Food Book, 5th Edition

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Basics
How To Buy Dog Food
There IS A Difference In Dog Foods!
What's The Best Food For Your Money?
Genetics & Nutrition
Interpreting The Date Code
Secrets of the Dog Food Business
Pet Food Fallacies
Understanding Labels and Brochures
How Dog Food Is Made
Why Pet Food Is Better Than Human Food
How Dog Food Companies Test Food

Chapter 2: The Elements of Nutrition
Carbohydrates and Crude Fiber
Carbohydrate and Fiber Sources
Nutrient Profiles for Ingredients
Sugar: Is It Bad For Your Dog … Or Good?
Vitamins
Trace Minerals
Zinc Deficiency -- It's Usually Misdiagnosed!
Symptoms of Zinc Deficiency
Selenium
Calcium and Phosphorus
Vitamins & Minerals: All Micronutrients Aren't Equal!
Fatty Acids
Omega 3 and 6: What's The Right Amount?
Enzymes: The Key to Better Digestion

Chapter 3: Standards, Requirements and Ingredients
Current Standards For Dog Food
Nutrients: What's Required?
New Rules on Light Dog Foods
AAFCO Nutrient Profiles For Dog Food
What's Really In Dog Food: Ingredients
Are Pets Being Recycled Into Pet Food?

Chapter 4: Antioxidants
Crusaders Against Rancidity
Ethoxyquin: The Full Story
Ethoxyquin: You Be The Judge
Ethoxyquin: More Scientific Data
Preservatives Fight Cancer
New Study On Ethoxyquin
Ethoxyquin Study Results Approved by FDA

Chapter 5: Overweight Dogs
Is Your Dog Too Fat?
Fat Pets Die Young
The Fat Dog Blues
Light Food and Bad Skin
Fiber Doesn't Reduce Appetite

Chapter 6: Special Needs
Disease and Nutrition
Starving Cancer Before It Starves Your Dog
Can Diet Prevent Hip Dysplasia?
The Four Types of Dog Barf

Chapter 7: Bloat
Bloat: Not Just A Stomach Ache
Bloat Update
Bloat Research Update

Chapter 8: Allergies
Allergies: How They Work
Skin Allergies and Food
Is Your Dog Allergic To His Food?
Treating Allergies With Food
Treating Allergies With Herbs
Does Your Dog Really Need Lamb and Rice?

Chapter 9: Other Food-Related Subjects
Holiday Stress
Should You Add Anything To Dog Food?
Dog Choking? The Heimlich Maneuver
Poop Eaters Anonymous
A Treatment for Coprophagia
Pancreatitis: Digestion Gone Wrong!
Death By Chocolate
Can Your Dog Get Mad Cow Disease?
Dogs and Spongiform Encephalopathy

Chapter 10: Dog Food Data and Feeding Guidelines
Using The Calorie Chart
How Many Calories Does Your Dog Need?
What's Age Got To Do With It?
Calorie Requirements By Age And Weight
Dry Adult Dog Food At A Glance: 1999
Cost Per 100 Kilocalories Chart
Guaranteed Analysis and ME: Reality Check

Chapter 11: Dog Food Test Reports
About Dog Food

Performance Dog Foods
Animal Food Services Meat Eater Diet (Raw food)
Annamaet Ultra
Eagle Power Pack
Eukanuba Adult Premium Performance
Pro Plan Performance

Super-Premium I Dog Foods
Annamaet Extra
Authority Chicken Meal & Rice
Bil-Jac Select
Blackwood 2000
Canidae Maintenance Formula
Diamond Premium Adult
Eagle Kennel Pack
Eukanuba Adult Maintenance
Fromm Family Nutritionals Performance
Iams Mini Chunks
Innova Canine
National Training X-TRA Formula
Natural Balance (Dick Van Patten's )
Natural Life Condition
Neura Baked Chicken & Rice
Nutro Max Naturally Preserved
Nurture Adult
PAWS Spectrum Gold
Pro Mark 27/15
Pro Plan Chicken and Rice
Pro Plan Turkey and Barley
Purina O.N.E. Chicken and Rice Formula
Regal Active Bites Dog Food
Riplees Ranch Original Formula
Sensible Choice Chicken and Rice
Ultimate Choice
Ultimate Choice Canine Maintenance Lamb & Rice
VF Complete Active Adult

Super-Premium II Food
Annamaet Adult
Blackwood 3000 Lamb & Rice
Blue Seal Natural 26
California Natural
Dad's High Protein
Eagle Maintenance Pack
Eagle Natural Pack 23/12
Eagle Premium Select
Eukanuba Natural Adult Lamb & Rice
Fromm Family Nutritionals Adult
Hy-Ration High Protein
Merrick Brand Premium Quality
Natural Life Lamaderm
Nature's Recipe Maintenance Lamb Meal, Rice and Barley
Nutro's Natural Choice
The Pet Pantry Natural Premium
Precise Foundation Formula
Sensible Choice Lamb Meal and Rice
Thompson's Pasta Plus
Waltham Conditioning
Wysong Synorgon (Maintenance II)

Premium Foods
ALPO Protein Plus
Cycle Adult
Hill's Science Diet Canine Maintenance
Joy Special Meal
Ken-L Biskit
Maxximum Nutrition
Merrick Beef Pro
Nutra-Nuggets Maintenance
Pedigree Mealtime
Purina Hi-Pro
Purina Nutrient Management

Regular Foods
Kibbles 'n Bits 'n Bits 'n Bits Original
Natural Life Vegetarian

Econo Foods

Special Needs
Eukanuba Vet. Diets for Obesity and Itching
Bil-Jac Lite
Eukanuba Reduced Fat (Light)