JPH06319470A - Dog food - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a dog food capable of being joyfully eaten by the dogs of pet animals, also satisfying the owners of the dogs, and simultaneously preventing or improving the hypercholesterolemia of the dogs. CONSTITUTION:A dog food is characterized by having a water content of <=35% and containing aminoethylsulfonic acid in an amount of 0.1-5% based on the dry product of the dog food.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a dog feed, and more particularly to a dog food containing aminoethyl sulfonic acid.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the widespread use of feed for dogs has been remarkable. However, with the widespread use of dog food, various diseases corresponding to so-called adult diseases of humans in dogs are becoming a problem. Among them, dogs with high blood cholesterol levels tend to increase rapidly.

In the background of hypercholesterolemia, there is an erroneous recognition that the dog is a carnivorous animal and it is only necessary to feed meat, and therefore, only fat meat or meat-based meat is used. It is speculated that methods such as giving only canned food will be adopted.

[0004] Actually, there are many owners who do not notice that they have hypercholesterolemia, and the practitioner veterinarian strongly recommends the development of dog food that is not likely to cause this symptom, rather than the rear-handed measures such as treatment. It is a coveted situation.

Although it is certainly possible to reduce the amount by administration of a drug having a cholesterol lowering effect in veterinary medicine in accordance with such a demand, it is possible, however,
The method adopted is not permanent, and there are various problems such as returning to normal when drug is stopped, lowering cholesterol level unnecessarily, and lowering HDL cholesterol level. Many.

Further, for example, by adding a large amount of rice bran oil meal such as rice bran oil meal and bran, which is a source of dietary fiber, and manufactured meal such as alfalfa and corn gluten feed, to increase the fiber content, the fat content derived from the raw material can be minimized Although it is possible to use high fiber diet, such dog food can temporarily stop the increase of cholesterol level, but if it is fed in the medium to long term, it will have an extreme taste. As a result of a bad condition, the owner often loses the pet's petition and interrupts the salary, often failing to achieve the intended purpose.

[0007] Further, feeding a dog, which is a carnivore, a feed having a composition close to that of a feed for a herbivore is substantially the same, and an increase in indigestible matter causes the animal to have an enlarged digestive tract such as the large intestine. In addition, the amount of excreted feces increases remarkably, which is a serious problem in terms of health and management.

[0008] When dog foods have high calories and high preference foods, animals are prone to overeating and hypercholesterolemia, and at present, no effective solution has been made so far.

[0009]

Under these circumstances, it is desired to develop a dog food that can prevent or ameliorate the hypercholesterolemia while a dog, which is a pet animal, is willing to eat and satisfy the owner. The present situation is that it is rare, and the present invention aims to provide a dog food having these effects.

[0010]

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention was developed in order to develop a dog food as described above, and as a result of various studies on improvement of the dog food, if aminoethyl sulfonic acid was contained, a pet dog willingly eat, Moreover, they have found that they can prevent or ameliorate their hypercholesterolemia and completed the present invention.

That is, the present invention has a water content of 35% or less and 0.1 to 5 aminoethyl sulfonic acid per dry matter.
A dog food characterized by being contained in an amount of% by weight, the purpose of which is to prevent the onset of hypercholesterolemia peculiar to dogs or to reduce the incidence or to improve hypercholesterolemia in dogs with the onset. It is to provide dog food that can.

The aminoethyl sulfonic acid used in the present invention, also called taurine, is a derivative of a sulfur-containing amino acid, which is widely contained in marine products and internal organs of animals as a natural product, and synthetic products are widely known as strong liver. It is used as an agent and a fatigue recovery agent.

The dog food of the present invention is one in which aminoethyl sulfonic acid is mixed into various dog food raw materials and then heat processing such as heat processing by an extruder is added. For example, heat processing by an extruder is added. A method in which aminoethyl sulfonic acid is later sprinkled or sprinkled on the surface of the dog food may be used.

As a raw material for dog food to be mixed with aminoethyl sulfonic acid, in dry food and soft moist food, for example, corn, milo,
Cereals such as wheat; fish meal, meat meal, meat meal, meat bone meal, and other raw materials such as wheat flour, corn gluten meal, yeast, wheat germ, rice bran oil meal, rice bran, soybean oil meal, bran, corn gluten feed, beef tallow, lard, soybean oil Animal and vegetable oils and fats such as vitamins and minerals as micronutrients, and in semi-moist foods, in addition to these raw materials, meats such as beef, pork, chicken and mutton,
Any raw material such as the internal organs and fish meat of these animals can be combined or appropriately selected and used.

As a means for incorporating aminoethyl sulfonic acid into the feed ingredient, it may be incorporated at an appropriate time during the production process of the dog food, for example, it may be incorporated in the feed ingredient at the same time as the other ingredient. It may be added directly or indirectly by an extruder, a kneader, a mixer or an after-coater such as fats and oils, a spreader, a sprayer or the like.

As for the mixing ratio of aminoethylsulfonic acid mixed in the dog food raw material, if the mixing ratio is small, the effect of mixing is not exerted, and if it is too large, the nutritional balance of the whole dog food is disturbed, so that the dry feed is mixed with the whole feed in an amount of 0. 1 to
Mixing in the range of 5% is preferable, and particularly preferably 0.2 to
It is in the range of 2.5%.

The production conditions for the dog food of the present invention may be any conditions such that starch can be pregelatinized and can be distributed as the original dog food, and any desired conditions can be appropriately selected. .

When carrying out the extruder process, a single-screw extruder and a double-screw extruder can be used as long as the desired dog food can be obtained.

[0019]

Example 1 The raw materials having the compositions shown in Table 1 were crushed and mixed, then subjected to high temperature and high pressure treatment with a uniaxial extruder, extruded from a die and cut with a cutter, and then dried by heating with a drier. After molding, disc-shaped expanded pellets having a diameter of 10 mm were obtained as pet foods for dogs A, B, C, D, E, and F as a control.

[0020]

[Table 1]

Next, the serum total cholesterol value was measured in advance, and the total cholesterol value was 200 mg / d for two consecutive weeks.
Fourteen Beagle dogs showing l or more were prepared and housed in single cages. Two dogs were used as one group for each of the two groups, and a total of 7 groups and 14 cages including the control group and the AF groups were provided. The above-prepared dog food was fed ad libitum so as to correspond to each of the sections, and was fed for 10 weeks, and serum total cholesterol level and H
The change in DL cholesterol level was examined. The results are shown in Tables 2 and 3. In addition, in the 5% addition group of the test group F, a decrease in body weight of about 5% was observed in both 2 animals after 10 weeks of breeding. No abnormalities were found in the other wards.

[0022]

[Table 2]

[0023]

[Table 3]

The dog food of the present invention does not show the effect of improving hypercholesterolemia in dogs, but does not show a decrease in HDL cholesterol level associated with a decrease in cholesterol level like drugs having a normal cholesterol lowering effect. As a result, HD for total cholesterol
The effect of relatively increasing the L cholesterol level was recognized.

[0025]

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The dog food of the present invention has not only an effect of improving hypercholesterolemia in dogs but also an effect of relatively increasing HDL cholesterol level by mixing aminoethyl sulfonic acid.

This is expected to have an effect of preventing or ameliorating cardiovascular heart diseases caused by hypercholesterolemia in pet animals. This was not possible with high-fiber dog foods containing only large amounts of dog food ingredients contained therein or low-energy dog foods with reduced fat content.

[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] July 29, 1994

[Procedure Amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0020

[Correction method] Change

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[0020]

[Table 1]

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A dog food having a water content of 35% or less and containing 0.1 to 5% of aminoethylsulfonic acid per dry matter.