Glossary
The Petipedia glossary defines the terms of premium dog and cat nutrition, from regulatory vocabulary to label and ration concepts, with a source for each entry.
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- AAFCO
- Aflatoxins
- Air-dried
- Alfalfa
- Analytical constituents
- Animal vs plant protein
- Anorexia
- ANSES
- Apple
- Arginine
- As-fed versus dry matter
- B-group vitamins (B12, biotin)
- Baked
- BARF
- Barley
- Beef
- Beet pulp
- Best-before date (minimum durability)
- BHA
- BHT
- Blueberry
- Body condition score (BCS)
- Brewer's yeast
- Calcium-to-phosphorus ratio
- Carbohydrate estimate (NFE)
- Carrageenan
- Carrot
- Chicken breast
- Chickpea
- Choline
- Chondroitin
- Chronic kidney disease (CKD)
- Coating
- Coconut oil
- Cold-pressed
- Colourants
- Complementary food
- Complementary versus complete food
- Complete food
- Copper
- Coprophagia
- Cross-contamination
- Crude ash
- Crude fat
- Crude fibre
- Crude protein
- Cysteine
- DCM (dilated cardiomyopathy) and the grain-free debate
- Dehydrated chicken
- Dehydrated versus fresh protein
- Dehydration
- DHA
- Diabetes mellitus
- Diet rotation
- Diet transition
- Dietary supplement
- Digestibility
- Duck
- Dysplasia
- Egg
- Elimination diet
- Energy density
- EPA
- Essential amino acids
- Ethoxyquin
- Extrusion
- FDA CVM
- Fecal score
- FEDIAF
- Feeding trial
- Feline lower urinary tract disease (FLUTD)
- Fibre
- Flatulence
- Flaxseed oil
- Food allergy vs food intolerance
- FOS (fructo-oligosaccharides)
- Free-choice feeding
- Freeze-dried
- Fresh food
- Gizzard
- Glucosamine
- Glycaemic index
- Grain-free
- Green tripe
- Guaranteed analysis
- Gut microbiota (intestinal flora)
- HACCP
- Heart
- Herring
- Home-cooked diet
- Horse
- Human-grade
- Hydrolysed protein
- Hypoallergenic diet
- IBD (inflammatory bowel disease)
- Indoor diet
- Ingredient order
- Insect protein (Hermetia illucens)
- Inulin
- Iodine
- Iron
- Kangaroo
- Kidney
- Krill oil
- L-carnitine
- Lamb
- Lean body mass
- Lentils
- Life stage
- Light diet
- Listeria
- Liver
- Low-grain
- Low-temperature cooking
- Lysine
- Magnesium
- Maintenance energy requirement (MER)
- Maize (corn)
- Manganese
- Maturation
- Meat and animal by-products
- Meat meal
- Metabolisable energy (kcal ME)
- Methionine
- Milk replacer
- Mixed feeding
- Modified atmosphere packaging
- Moisture
- MOS (mannan-oligosaccharides)
- Mousse and chunks-in-gravy wet food
- MSM (methylsulfonylmethane)
- Mycotoxins
- Natural
- Neutered diet
- Novel protein
- NRC
- Nutritional adequacy statement
- Oats
- Obesity
- Omega-3 and omega-6
- OTC food
- Overweight
- Oxalate
- Palatability
- Palatants and flavourings
- Pancreatitis
- Peas
- Peroxide value
- Polydipsia
- Polyphagia
- Pork
- Portion control
- Postbiotics
- Potassium
- Potato and sweet potato
- Poultry fat
- Prebiotics
- Premium
- Probiotics
- Product recall
- Protein hydrolysate
- Protein-to-phosphorus ratio
- Psyllium
- Rabbit
- Rancidity (oxidation)
- Ration
- Raw
- Regulation (EC) 767/2009
- Regurgitation versus vomiting
- Rice
- Salmon and salmon oil
- Salmonella
- Sarcopenia
- Selenium
- Single-protein
- Slow-feeder bowl
- Sodium
- Sorghum
- Split meals
- Sport diet
- Squash and pumpkin
- Starch
- Struvite
- Sunflower oil
- Tapioca
- Taurine
- Therapeutic and veterinary diet
- Tocopherols (vitamin E)
- Traceability
- Treat
- Tryptophan
- Tuna
- Turkey
- Turmeric and curcumin
- Vegetarian and vegan diets
- Venison and deer
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin D
- Vitamin E
- Vitamin K
- Water and hydration
- Wet food
- Wheat
- WSAVA
- Zinc