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If you have been planning on making homemade pet food for your cat or dog, then you are not alone. Many pet owners have already taken steps in feeding homemade food for their home pets. Most of these people do so for a variety of reasons. However among the biggest reasons being that feeding your pet out of a bag of commercial pet food does not always guarantee freshness or nutrition.
If the pet food bought commercially is already contaminated with mold or bacteria, your home pets can easily fall ill, and this is the last thing that you would want to happen. However, contamination is still possible even if you are feeding your pets some homemade food. This is especially true if the food has been prepared poorly. Many dogs and cats have suffered from foodborne diseases due to food infested with chemicals, metals, toxins such as mycotoxin, bacteria, and a host of other contaminants, which may be deadly if left unchecked.
Fungus has been known to produce toxins such as mycotoxin, and according to research results, about ¼ of the annual food crop all over the world has been known to be infested with these molds. Mycotoxin litigation has been going on for some time already, and as a result, a total of $7 million has already been spent on such litigations beginning 1990.
As a pet owner nonetheless, you have to learn the difference between food infection and food poisoning. Although many people use the terms to refer to the same thing, the fact is that food poisoning and food infections are not the same.
The ingestion of bacteria or microbes such as salmonella is often the culprit known to lead to food infection. When this happens, the microbes enter the tissues of the animal, and eventually multiply to a high extent. This is why during a food infection; the symptoms start to appear only after 12 to 24 hours.
In the case of food poisoning however, this condition is often brought about by food ingestion that harbors a microbial toxin. An example is aflatoxin. Compared to food infection, the symptoms of food poisoning become apparent almost immediately and often not one hour after ingestion. The American Association of Poison Control Centers has done a study which shows how food poisoning accounts only a mere 1.7% for all the causes of food poisonings in dogs and cats. In terms of food poisoning, the most common causes are attributed to insecticides, plants, and other drugs.
Errors in food processing resulting in the contamination of food is still highly possible, even with the risks of court litigations and bad press which can easily cause the pet food companies added stress and cost them huge court expenses. Even the manufacturers of food products for humans are not entirely spared, since this kind of contamination is nevertheless still possible.
While homemade pet food has many benefits and may free your pet from ingesting unwanted chemicals and toxins, this does not entirely eliminate the possibility of causing foodborne illnesses and food poisoning. This is why if you are planning to switch to a homemade diet for your pets, safe and clean preparation and storage are very important.
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