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Old 08-12-2012, 07:54 PM   #40
Ellie May
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I believe it was the chicken flavor. When a food is full of moisture (be it canned, raw, or homecooked), the %s listed on the container can't be taken at face value. Each thing needs to be converted to a dry matter basis (i,e. protein divided by the revipricol of the moisture). It may be 11% protein bc the product is so full of moisture, but that moisture is not really a nutrient contributing calories generally speaking. the same could be said for human food. If you put a steak in a bowl and add a bunch if water, it will make the dish low in protein mathematically, but still that water can't count. So it needs to be mathematically removed. So this steak and water is still a very high protein meal...

I'm not sure what you mean by this is why we feed pmr. I say if that is what you want to feed, go for it. But for my liver co promised dog, we do not and will not.
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