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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  They use to think high protein is bad, but some now think it's only bad if the protein is poor quality. Poor quality protein creates an increased nitrogen load that must be handled by the kidneys and liver. Poor quality protein would be protein from anything but the meat muscle and this would include chicken by-products, Here's the governments definition of chicken by-products:
Obviously, if you have a dog with damaged liver or kidneys you will want to get a specialist to recommend a diet, but healthy dogs can eat a lot of protein.
To learn more about protein in dog food, this is a good site: The Dog Food Project - Is too much protein harmful? |
I like that website ...much good read.