ABSTRACT
Pet foods are special foods that are formulated to meet nutritional needs of animals. Pet foods generally consist of meats, meat by-products, cereal grains, vitamins, and minerals. Pet foods are mainly available in three basic forms, namely, dry pet foods, semimoist pet foods, and moist pet foods. The ’rst commercial pet food was dry food for dogs, which was developed in England in 1860 (Corbin, 2003). Moist pet foods made their appearance in canned form in 1922, while semimoist pet foods were later developed in the United States (Corbin, 2003). Demands for dry pet foods are nevertheless higher than those for moist and semimoist pet foods.
