"Many tutors today would like to offer their pets a balanced diet that is as natural as possible, right?"
*However, many of them still offer traditional rations with high amounts of animal protein. Thinking about it, here is an article to answer questions about vegan and vegetarian food for pets.
*Vegan food x vegetarian food
In vegan food, there is no consumption of food of animal origin and its derivatives, like milk and eggs, for example. In addition, veganism is an ideology that works for the animal cause, the adepts of veganism, for example, do not use products that have been tested on animals. In vegetarian food there is also no consumption of any type of animal meat, be it red or white. Only soy and natural foods, such as vegetables, vegetables, grains, and fruits, but vegetarians consume food derived from animals.
*Vegan food for dogs
Dogs, in their nature, are omnivores. That is, your metabolism is prepared to digest food of plant and animal origin. By offering a vegan dog food, you need to be aware of the essential nutrients to meet the pet's nutritional needs.
Being a recent issue, vegan dog food has raised some questions to like: "Is it possible to provide all the nutrients needed for dogs through veganism?".
It is possible to offer this type of food, but the deficiency of the nutrients should be replaced in an appropriate way.
"Only the veterinarian can prescribe a balanced diet designed exclusively for your pet"
*Vegan cat food
Cats, in turn, are carnivores. That is, they need to eat the food of animal origin. Another very important issue is taurine, which is an important amino acid for cat health, lack of it can cause heart and vision problems.
However, there are those who insist on giving vegan rations to cats, in which case it is necessary for the tutor to offer supplementation of taurine in synthetic form, as well as nutritional monitoring with the specialist veterinarian to supplement nutritional needs.
*Note
Natural dog food is an alternative that many tutors look for. Because they are natural foods intended for humans as well, some have chosen to offer a type of meal.
It is worth mentioning that the effects of this type of food are diverse, and diseases related to the lack of proteins, carbohydrates / lipids, to factors related to fecal quality and, also, food safety issues can arise. It is important to emphasize the biological contamination and verminoses of these foods.
However, animal nutrition experts are constantly studying, some advocate conventional and other vegetarian diets, but what everyone is recommending is that dog and cat nutrition should be balanced, rich in the essential nutrients for each species.
