From:
sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2005-08-06 19:03:26 UTC
Subject: RE: [ferrethealth] Raw Meat Question
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <5755969.1123355006423.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
> Not in the last 20 years it hasn=92t, dried ferret or cat food is quite a=
new
> idea. Chris.
But bread and milk are not. Those have played a part in the ferrets' diets=
for at least centuries.
Kibble actually is older than 20 years. I think that is searching I found =
the use here in farm ferrets 40 years ago, with possible earlier use.
All you need to do is the change the proportion of a given pertinent allele=
to affect an evolutionary change on a population. So, if you prevent a nu=
mber who get cystine stones from dying off especially if at the same time t=
hat you preferentially breed those ferrets for some other reason then you g=
et an evolutionary change in the population which carries an increased diet=
ary vulnerability. If you introduce a pressure (say failure to thrive with=
bread and milk as a large portion of the diet for centuries) you can intro=
duce a different change by having those ferrets die off.
Remember, too, that YEARS ARE NOT WHAT MATTER but NUMBER OF GENERATIONS DO=
MATTER as well as pressures. =
Sorry, about shouting, but that is a factor which is essential to understan=
d.
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