Currently, unfortunately, the problem of the occurrence of food allergic reactions in dogs of all ages is very relevant. This is most often with the low quality of raw materials used, as well as with impaired technology for the preparation of dry and wet feeds during industrial production. But even when feeding dogs, household products also many cases of allergic reactions, the cause of which lies in the intolerance to animals of individual types of products, which the owner does not recognize.
To resist food allergies and limit its impact on the health of dogs, the nutrition of domestic pets should be organized correctly using the so-called hypoallergenic feed. Consider what kind of feed is what their feature, as well as the composition and action on the example of the feed of a super premium-class for dogs.
Peculiarities
The use of hypoallergenic feed in a general understanding implies denial of any food allergic manifestations in animals.
In the production of such feeds, almost all possible causes leading to allergies are taken into account, and they are getting rid of them by various methods.
For example, as a result of conducted studies, products became known from which dogs of different ages and rocks most often arise in trouble. Here is an incomplete list of the main ones:
- Meat: lamb, beef, chicken;
- Eggs geese, chickens and ducks;
- Fish freshwater reservoirs (rivers, ponds and lakes);
- milk and products from it;
- Many types of cereals and their derivatives;
- corn;
- soy;
- Vegetables: tomatoes, eggplants, cabbage, often potatoes.
As you can understand from the list of the list, mostly allergy dogs suffer from protein products, such as meat, fish, eggs, that is, from food that they are needed primarily as predators.
Dogs for full nutrition necessarily need protein food, and meat in their diet should be most - 60-70%.
Not all proteins lose their allergenic properties even during heat treatment, so some manufacturers of hypoallergenic feed use meat in their products that does not cause allergies - horse rabbit, turkey, as well as sea types of fish.
Other manufacturers use more complex technology, decompose by hydrolysis of an animal protein into small parts that are no longer dangerous for dogs. At the same time, the decomposed protein remains the same full-fledged nutrient for the organism of dogs, as well as one-piece. This solves one part of the task - Ensuring food dogs with allergen-free protein substances.
Another task is to supply feed with safe carbohydrates that are source of energy for the body. They usually protrude cereal porridges, potatoes and bread products.
But they also may cause allergies in animals (see the list above). If an animal has a gluten intolerance contained in wheat, then another cereal is chosen, where this substance is not contained. And you can also replace cereals or potatoes in rice - it is not an allergen in most cases.
Hypoallergenic feed are divided into the following classes: economy, premium, super premium and holistic. The dry food of the super premium class is best suited as the main food of dogs. For the production of such feeds use meat and other products of only high quality. The feed needs to be selected taking into account the age, breed characteristics and petition addiction to one or another allergen factor whose manifestation should be Excluded with the composition of the product.
Composition
Super Premium Cum is produced for dogs of different breeds and ages suffering from allergies.
As we have already found out earlier, their composition includes protein products, mainly meat and fish, from which allergies are practically no, as well as carbohydrate vegetable ingredients that do not contain allergens.
The feed of this class has the following possible products in its composition.
Protein ingredients
From meat:
- lamb;
- horsemeat;
- rabbit;
- duck;
- Turkey.
Fish:
- salmon;
- zander;
- tuna;
- Pike;
- herring.
Of course, most often individual meat or fish ingredients are not mixed.
Usually on packs with dry feed, it is indicated which protein product was used, for example, "with a lamb meat" or "with turkey and cranberries".
Sources of carbohydrates
Vegetable ingredients:
- brown rice;
- greens;
- medicinal herbs;
- Some vegetables.
It is worth noting that in the feed of a super premium class Only selected meat and other high-quality components are used.
They do not contain any harmful additives such as amplifiers of taste, dyes, chemical preservatives and similar substances that can provoke allergic reactions in animals.
Sometimes, instead of cereals carrying energy, use the so-called probelans from vitamins, micro and macroelements, as well as useful herbs.
But these are the main products. Such feed cannot be considered complete, if it is not balanced by vitamins, minerals and other useful and necessary for the body of the PSA substances. But they are calculated individually in each stern, depending on its purpose. Today, there are many lines of feed of a brand, directed not only for individual breeds, their features of development and performance, they are also divided by age and weight groups.
Consider how to choose a hypoallergenic feed for your pet from a super premium class.
How to choose food for your pet?
Before going to pet store to acquire hypoallergenic feed, you should first visit the veterinary clinic with its four-legged friend. They will determine what specific substances the dog occurs with food allergies, and also will simply give their recommendations on the choice of diet for her. And with this "luggage" knowledge you can already begin the selection of dry food, suitable in its composition to the diet, designated by a veterinary doctor.
Should take into account the fact that All the dry feed of this class, although enriched with vitamins and microelements, but in some cases their number does not reach the norm. You have to make additives.
Both puppies and adult pets most often need to provide additionally with vitamins and microelements of certain species defined by the appointment.
For example, vitamins A, C, D and E in their complex are aimed at improving vision, wool and teeth. For the same purposes, of course, we need calcium, phosphorus, copper and fiber. Therefore, when choosing feed, your preference must be given out products where The content of vitamins, micro- and macroelements as close as possible to the norm For your pet. The rules will also need to announce a veterinarian.
It remains only to carefully study the super-premium food brand proposed in the pet store (all information is contained or on the packaging, or in the applied instruction) and select the best offer.
For puppies
Most brands for the production of class super-premium Class has several linecas under the same name, but calculated, among other things, it is for the age of dogs, in general - for adults and puppies. They can also differ inside each main group as a year (for adults) and for months (for puppies). But this is already the particular with whom each owner can easily figure it out.
It is important to select those feeds that are suitable for a prescribed branch diet for dogs prone to allergies.
Here are the selection criteria consisting of several main points.
- Feed must be hypoallergenic.
- Corresponds to age, in this case - for puppies.
- Does not contain the main allergen that the puppy suffers from.
- Coincidence not only by age, but also by pet activity.
- The composition of vitamins and minerals is close to the standards for the corresponding age of the puppy. To maintain good health puppy-allergic, it is desirable to choose food in which prebiotics and vitamins of groups A, C, E, D. Such feed will help get rid of allergy symptoms and increase the puppy immunity.
- Preferences with equal other conditions will need to be given to the feed in which special additives are included for improving metabolic processes in the body of a young pet.
- Availability of feed. There is no price here, but the constant presence of feed on sale.
For adult dogs
When choosing a feed for an adult pet, it is necessary to be guided by the criteria, there are little differed from the criteria for choosing food for puppies. Even the item on preference to those feeds in which elements that improve the processes of metabolicism in the body are relevant for adult dogs.
If you eat in such a food constantly, then the dog, regardless of the breed and sizes, can live a rather long life and to be quite healthy and active.
From the entire list you can delete except the point about prebiotics Although, as mentioned earlier, in the feed of this class, usually vitamin and mineral composition does not reach a full-fledged level. So additives do not interfere.
Overview of dry hypoallergenic feed for dogs See below.