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Many of the most popular reptiles and amphibians—including snakes, monitors, geckos, anoles, chameleons, red-eared sliders, box turtles, and frogs—consume live foods in nature. In fact, when done correctly, a diet consisting of live foods can be beneficial for herps and economical for hobbyists. Raising Live Foods covers numerous common food species—including crickets, mealworms, earthworms, snails, shrimp, fruit flies, fish, mice, finches, and more—and explains which prey species are appropriate for which pet reptiles and amphibians. Step-by-step instructions guide the hobbyist through the entire process of culturing live foods, with thorough discussion of how and why to use live foods, what equipment is needed, and how to procure live foods. Trouble-shooting tips offer solutions to the times when live food cultures go bad, prey species escape, and other potential challenges.
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Chapters: 2008 Chinese milk scandal, Chinese protein adulteration, 2007 pet food recalls, 2009 Chinese drywall controversy, Chongqing gang trials, 2007 Chinese slave scandal, 2008 Chinese heparin adulteration, 2009 Chinese lead poisoning scandal, Shanghai pension scandal, International reaction to the 2008 Chinese milk scandal,. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 145. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The 2008 Chinese milk scandal was a food safety incident in the People's Republic of China involving milk and infant formula, and other food materials and components, adulterated with melamine. By November 2008 China reported an estimated 300,000 victims, six infants dying from kidney stones and other kidney damage, and a further 860 babies hospitalised. The chemical appeared to have been added to milk in order to cause it to appear to have a higher protein content. In a separate incident four years before, watered-down milk had resulted in 13 infant deaths from malnutrition. The scandal broke on 16 July, after sixteen infants in Gansu Province who had been fed on milk powder produced by Shijiazhuang-based Sanlu Group were diagnosed with kidney stones. After the initial focus on Sanlu - market leader in the budget segment - government inspections revealed the problem existed to a lesser degree in products from 21 other companies, including Mengniu, Yili, and Yashili. The issue raised concerns about food safety and political corruption in mainland China, and damaged the reputation of China's food exports with at least 11 countries stopping all imports of mainland Chinese dairy products. A number of arrests occurred as a result of the scandal; the head of Sanlu, seven local government officials, as well as the Director of the Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQ...http://booksllc.net/?id=19356029 ... Read more

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All about what's in a cat's food, why it's there, and how to choose the best food for a cat, this book demystifies feline nutrition and compares the ingredients in leading brands in clear, simple, objective language. There are chapters on everything from reading cat food labels to feeding supplements to comparing food treats. 27 charts. ... Read more

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Award winner!
This book was the recent recipient of the Purina Special Nutrition Award given at the annual Cat Writers Convention;Nov 21st, 1997. ... Read more

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HOW TO COOK FOR YOUR PET is a cookbook written for all pet owners who love their pets. You can cook simple easy meals for your pet using these well-written recipes. Only basic cooking skills are needed. Kids 12 and up can make these meals with the supervision of an adult. All recipes are nutritionally sound for pets, not complex recipes more suited for human tastes. Many foods commonly eaten by people are unsafe for pets to eat.These recipes contain only foods safe for feeding pets. This cookbook has detailed information about foods unsafe for pets, so that the home cook can avoid them. The recent pet food recall gives us an urgent reason to home cook our pet's food. Many thousands of pets have died or have been sickened by commercially made pet foods. Now you, the pet owner, can control the quality and wholesomeness of your pet's food. Home made real foods prepared with care at home are more nutritious & digestible, not toxic, and taste better. ... Read more

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Excellent information & wonderful recipes!
I purchased a copy of "How to Cook for Your Pet" when it was first available and have been using it to feed my two small dogs. They are thriving and I am happy too as it is simple to make everything in the book.
The lists of "no no" and "yes yes" foods is also invaluable.
Would highly recommend this book to any dog or cat owner!

Not worth the price
This might be a good book for someone who has never owned a dog (or cat). The information is very basic. Anyone familiar with dogs should already know most of it. Having a dog with endocardiosis that has degenerated into congestive heart failure, I am seeking low or no salt recipes to add to the commercial heart diet kibble to make it more palatable. A lot of recipes are available for free on the internet, but whether they are truly healthy for dogs is questionable. I purchased this book because it was written by a veterinarian. There are a few interesting recipes, but not enough to justify the price. Most of the recipes consisted of meat, carrots and rice, which I have already been preparing and doesn't seem like a sufficiently balanced diet. Had I been able to thumb through the book in a bookstore, I would not have bought it. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Nestlé Purina Petcare, Natural Balance Pet Foods, Nutro Products, Pedigree Petfoods, Hill's Pet Nutrition, Iams, Meow Mix, Royal Canin, the Blue Buffalo Company, Solid Gold, Eukanuba, by Nature, Fromm Family Foods, Purina One, Addiction Foods, Whiskas, Vegepet, Fancy Feast, Avoderm, Wellness, Science Diet, Friskies, Canidae Pet Food, Artemis, Tender Vittles, Felix, 9lives, Pounce, Snappy Tom, Sheba. Excerpt:9Lives is the name of a brand of cat food , owned by Del Monte Foods . It is best known for its mascot, Morris the Cat . 9Lives has four varieties of dry food (Daily Essentials, Plus Care, Growing Years and Active Formula), and five lines of wet food in various flavors. The company also promotes adoption of cats from animal shelters . In 2006, 9Lives kicked off the inaugural tour of Morris' Million Cat Rescue, a nationwide bus tour to encourage local cat adoption. The company has recently added a new cat to their advertising, Li'l Mo an orange kitten who has been adopted from a Los Angeles animal shelter putatively by Morris himself. Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Type : Private Addiction Foods is a manufacturer of hypoallergenic dog food and cat food based in New Zealand and Australia . History Addiction Foods was founded by a holistic veterinarian and clinical nutritionist who developed the foods based on his clinical experience with cats and dogs with skin diseases and gastrointestinal conditions caused by allergies to beef , chicken , lamb and artificial additives. Ingredients Addiction Foods makes products for both dogs and cats using novel protein sources not found in other food brands such as wild kangaroo , New Zealand brushtail and unagi eel . Also used is venison , king salmon , and dried seaweed . Eco-friendly Addiction Foods i... ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Winnipeg Free Press, published by Thomson Gale on March 21, 2007. The length of the article is 526 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: City cat owner says tainted food killed healthy pet; Animals stricken by kidney failure.(Life)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: Winnipeg Free Press (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 21, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
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A report on How you can make your own Pet Food for Massive Profit. ... Read more

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Keep unwanted packaging and harmful gases out of our landfills by making your own pet food. You save money, your animals can have a healthier life and most of all protect the environment. Feed your pets wholesome foods that you yourself can eat. Save money. ... Read more

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This report was created for global strategic planners who cannot be content with traditional methods of segmenting world markets. With the advent of a "borderless world", cities become a more important criteria in prioritizing markets, as opposed to regions, continents, or countries. This report covers the top 2000 cities in over 200 countries. It does so by reporting the estimated market size (in terms of latent demand) for each major city of the world. It then ranks these cities and reports them in terms of their size as a percent of the country where they are located, their geographic region (e.g. Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, Latin America), and the total world market.

In performing various economic analyses for its clients, I have been occasionally asked to investigate the market potential for various products and services across cities. The purpose of the studies is to understand the density of demand within a country and the extent to which a city might be used as a point of distribution within its region. From an economic perspective, however, a city does not represent a population within rigid geographical boundaries. To an economist or strategic planner, a city represents an area of dominant influence over markets in adjacent areas. This influence varies from one industry to another, but also from one period of time to another.

In what follows, I summarize the economic potential for the world's major cities for "folding paperboard boxes for dry food, produce, and pet and animal food" for the year 2009. The goal of this report is to report my findings on the real economic potential, or what an economist calls the latent demand, represented by a city when defined as an area of dominant influence. The reader needs to realize that latent demand may or may not represent real sales. ... Read more

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This book contains over 100 recipes for your pet's enjoyment along with other tid-bits of insight, information, and inspiration for the all-around pet lover such as: food preparation and storage, pet ownership planning, pet safety, naming your pets, poisonous plants, horoscopes, plus more! ... Read more

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Just What I've Been Looking For!!!
I initially purchased this book because it provided information about poisonous plants.My wife's annoying tabby (Bobo!) has always had a fondness for chewing on plants and I wanted to make certain I knew which ones could cause potential problems.But dealing with poisonous plants is not nearly the only thing in this book to make it worth recommending.

Seazar and Cleo's pet food cookbook is loaded with terrific recipes for my bulldog, Colonel.The poor little fellow was skin and bones the morning I brought him home after an all night poker game and didn't seem to have much of an appetite.Chef Barbaro's cookbook has changed all that.The Colonel now eats three square meals a day and I'm convinced his meals are better than those my frumpy wife puts on the table for me.In fact, I sometimes think Bessie's performed the old switcheroo on me, but she's not that clever.Of course, it could just be an honest mistake.

All in all, this is one terrific cookbook.Recipes are geared toward the delicious and healthy with meals that will get the scrawniest of dogs chowing down and maintaining healthy eating standards.And don't forget about the plants!

With insights, information, and inspiration for pet lovers
Seazar was three years old and Cleopatra was two years old when these two very nice were dogs adopted from a local shelter by a seacost restaurant manager, a man who loved to cook for this appreciative canine duo. Along with many recipes compiled for a dog's enjoyment, Seazar & Cleo's Pet Food Cookbook is enhanced with insights, information, and inspiration for pet lovers everywhere. Highly recommended and informative reading for anyone who loves their dog, Seazar & Cleo's Pet Food Cookbook offers valued advice on food preparation and storage, pet ownership planning; pet safety; names; poisonous plants, pet horoscopes and more!

One of the best books i have read!
This is a great book, I found this book to be very informative, my dogs love the treats I have made from these recipes!I highly recommend it!

MUST READ FOR ALL PET OWNERS "GREAT BOOK" WELL DONE!
I enjoyed reading this book. Mr.Barbaro did a great job on his first book and I hope to see the next book out VERY SOON. "A must read" ... Read more

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The primary audience for this report is managers involved with the highest levels of the strategic planning process and consultants who help their clients with this task. The user will not only benefit from the hundreds of hours that went into the methodology and its application, but also from its alternative perspective on strategic planning relating to pet food and supplies in Argentina.As the editor of this report, I am drawing on a methodology developed at INSEAD, an international business school (www.insead.edu). For any given industry or sector, including pet food and supplies, the methodology decomposes a country’s strategic potential along three key dimensions: (1) latent demand, (2) micro-accessibility, and (3) macro-accessibility. A country may have very high latent demand, yet have low accessibility, making it a less attractive market than many smaller potential countries having higher levels of accessibility.With this perspective, this report provides both a micro and a macro strategic profile of pet food and supplies in Argentina. It does so by compiling published information that directly relates to latent demand and accessibility, either at the micro or macro level. The reader new to Argentina can quickly understand where Argentina fits into a firm’s strategic perspective. In Chapter 2, the report investigates latent demand and micro-accessibility for pet food and supplies in Argentina. The report then considers macro-accessibility in Argentina. Macro-accessibility is a general evaluation of investment and business conditions in Argentina. ... Read more

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This study covers the latent demand outlook for small pet food across the regions of Greater China, including provinces, autonomous regions (Guangxi, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Xinjiang, Xizang - Tibet), municipalities (Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai, and Tianjin), special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau), and Taiwan (all hereafter referred to as “regions”). Latent demand (in millions of U.S. dollars), or potential industry earnings (P.I.E.) estimates are given across some 1,100 cities in Greater China. For each major city in question, the percent share the city is of the region and of Greater China is reported. Each major city is defined as an area of “economic population”, as opposed to the demographic population within a legal geographic boundary. For many cities, the economic population is much larger that the population within the city limits; this is especially true for the cities of the Western regions. For the coastal regions, cities which are close to other major cities or which represent, by themselves, a high percent of the regional population, actual city-level population is closer to the economic population (e.g. in Beijing). Based on this “economic” definition of population, comparative benchmarks allow the reader to quickly gauge a city’s marketing and distribution value vis-à-vis others. This exercise is quite useful for persons setting up distribution centers or sales force strategies. Using econometric models which project fundamental economic dynamics within each region and city of influence, latent demand estimates are created for small pet food. This report does not discuss the specific players in the market serving the latent demand, nor specific details at the product level. The study also does not consider short-term cyclicalities that might affect realized sales. The study, therefore, is strategic in nature, taking an aggregate and long-run view, irrespective of the players or products involved. ... Read more

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This report was created for global strategic planners who cannot be content with traditional methods of segmenting world markets. With the advent of a “borderless world”, cities become a more important criteria in prioritizing markets, as opposed to regions, continents, or countries. This report covers the top 2000 cities in over 200 countries. It does so by reporting the estimated market size (in terms of latent demand) for each major city of the world. It then ranks these cities and reports them in terms of their size as a percent of the country where they are located, their geographic region (e.g. Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, Latin America), and the total world market. In performing various economic analyses for its clients, I have been occasionally asked to investigate the market potential for various products and services across cities. The purpose of the studies is to understand the density of demand within a country and the extent to which a city might be used as a point of distribution within its region. From an economic perspective, however, a city does not represent a population within rigid geographical boundaries. To an economist or strategic planner, a city represents an area of dominant influence over markets in adjacent areas. This influence varies from one industry to another, but also from one period of time to another. In what follows, I summarize the economic potential for the world's major cities for "small pet food" for the year 2007. The goal of this report is to report my findings on the real economic potential, or what an economist calls the latent demand, represented by a city when defined as an area of dominant influence. The reader needs to realize that latent demand may or may not represent real sales. For many items, latent demand is clearly observable in sales, as in the case for food or housing items. Consider, however, the category "satellite launch vehicles". Clearly, there are no launch pads in most cities of the world. However, the core benefit of the vehicles (e.g. telecommunications, etc.) is "consumed" by residents or industries within the world's cities. Without certain cities, in other words, the market for satellite launch vehicles would be lower for the world in general. One needs to allocate, therefore, a portion of the worldwide economic demand for launch vehicles to both regions and cities. This report takes the broader definition and considers, therefore, a city as a part of the global market. ... Read more

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This report was created for global strategic planners who cannot be content with traditional methods of segmenting world markets. With the advent of a “borderless world”, cities become a more important criteria in prioritizing markets, as opposed to regions, continents, or countries. This report covers the top 2000 cities in over 200 countries. It does so by reporting the estimated market size (in terms of latent demand) for each major city of the world. It then ranks these cities and reports them in terms of their size as a percent of the country where they are located, their geographic region (e.g. Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, Latin America), and the total world market. In performing various economic analyses for its clients, I have been occasionally asked to investigate the market potential for various products and services across cities. The purpose of the studies is to understand the density of demand within a country and the extent to which a city might be used as a point of distribution within its region. From an economic perspective, however, a city does not represent a population within rigid geographical boundaries. To an economist or strategic planner, a city represents an area of dominant influence over markets in adjacent areas. This influence varies from one industry to another, but also from one period of time to another. In what follows, I summarize the economic potential for the world's major cities for "specialty pet food excluding dog and cat food" for the year 2007. The goal of this report is to report my findings on the real economic potential, or what an economist calls the latent demand, represented by a city when defined as an area of dominant influence. The reader needs to realize that latent demand may or may not represent real sales. For many items, latent demand is clearly observable in sales, as in the case for food or housing items. Consider, however, the category "satellite launch vehicles". Clearly, there are no launch pads in most cities of the world. However, the core benefit of the vehicles (e.g. telecommunications, etc.) is "consumed" by residents or industries within the world's cities. Without certain cities, in other words, the market for satellite launch vehicles would be lower for the world in general. One needs to allocate, therefore, a portion of the worldwide economic demand for launch vehicles to both regions and cities. This report takes the broader definition and considers, therefore, a city as a part of the global market. ... Read more

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This study covers the latent demand outlook for pet food across the states, union territories and cities of India. Latent demand (in millions of U.S. dollars), or potential industry earnings (P.I.E.) estimates are given across over 5,100 cities in India. For each city in question, the percent share the city is of it’s state or union territory and of India as a whole is reported. These comparative benchmarks allow the reader to quickly gauge a city vis-à-vis others. This statistical approach can prove very useful to distribution and/or sales force strategies. Using econometric models which project fundamental economic dynamics within each state or union territory and city, latent demand estimates are created for pet food. This report does not discuss the specific players in the market serving the latent demand, nor specific details at the product level. The study also does not consider short-term cyclicalities that might affect realized sales. The study, therefore, is strategic in nature, taking an aggregate and long-run view, irrespective of the players or products involved. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by The Register Guard on November 17, 2003. The length of the article is 662 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Pet food surcharge raises hackles among owners.(Animals)(The recommendation estimates that owners would spend 61 cents per cat and about $1 per dog yearly)
Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: November 17, 2003
Publisher: The Register Guard
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Chapters: Nestlé Purina Petcare, Natural Balance Pet Foods, Nutro Products, Pedigree Petfoods, Hill's Pet Nutrition, Iams, Royal Canin, the Blue Buffalo Company, Solid Gold, Diamond Pet Foods, Eukanuba, by Nature, Fromm Family Foods, Purina One, Addiction Foods, Vegepet, Avoderm, Wellness, Science Diet, Canidae Pet Food, Bob Martin Petcare, Zupreem, Artemis, the Honest Kitchen. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 77. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Nestlé Purina PetCare Company is the pet food division of Swiss-based Nestlé, following a merger in December 12, 2001, between the Nestlé's Friskies PetCare Company and the American Ralston Purina Company. It is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Purina traces its roots back to 1894, when founder William H. Danforth began producing feed for various farm animals under the name Purina Mills. The predominant brand for each animal was generally referred to as "Chow"; hence there was "Purina Horse Chow", "Purina Dog Chow", "Purina Cat Chow", and even "Purina Monkey Chow," "Purina Rabbit Chow" and "Purina Pig Chow. Later, in 1902, he merged with university professor Webster Edgerly, founder of Ralstonism, who was at the time producing breakfast cereals, to form the "Ralston-Purina Company". In 1994, the Ralston "human food" operations of the Ralston Purina Company were spun off into a new company called Ralcorp Holdings. The animal feed business became the subject of a acquisition bid by Swiss-based Nestlé, whose Friskies brand was the other leading brand of pet food in the U.S. Nestlé S.A. and U.S. Ralston Purina Company announced in January 2001 that they had entered into a definitive merger agreement. Under the agreement, Nestlé acquired all of the outstanding shares of Ralston Purina (NYSE: RAL) for US$ 33.50 per share in ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1118766 ... Read more

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This study covers the world outlook for pet food and pet care products across more than 200 countries. For each year reported, estimates are given for the latent demand, or potential industry earnings (P.I.E.), for the country in question (in millions of U.S. dollars), the percent share the country is of the region and of the globe. These comparative benchmarks allow the reader to quickly gauge a country vis-à-vis others. Using econometric models which project fundamental economic dynamics within each country and across countries, latent demand estimates are created. This report does not discuss the specific players in the market serving the latent demand, nor specific details at the product level. The study also does not consider short-term cyclicalities that might affect realized sales. The study, therefore, is strategic in nature, taking an aggregate and long-run view, irrespective of the players or products involved. ... Read more