From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2008-08-17 20:22:18 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Suiki's urine problems
To: ytonytcla <Tonytclarke@aol.com>, fhl <ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com>
This study last year on origins of oxalate or oxalate precursors may
be useful:
http://www.renalandurologynews.com/Meat-May-Increase-Renal-Stone-Risk/article/22293/
with implications about collagen content, and
> All meat tissues contain some collagen, but various meat forms have
> different amounts. Samples of lean beef, bovine liver, chicken,
> fish, lean lamb, and sausage contained from 2.5%-4.9% collagen by
> weight, according to a study published in Food Chemistry
> (1995;53:209-210). A Canadian researcher with Agriculture Canada
> reported that composite meats, e.g., wieners and sausages, had
> collagen contents that varied from 4.1%-19.0% of weight (J Agric
> Food Chem. 1992;40:790-800). In another study published in the
> Journal of Food Science (1999;64:377-383), investigators reported
> that samples of ground beef had a collagen content ranging from
> 0.7%-7.1% of weight, depending on the cuts of beef used.
Sukie (not a vet)
Recommended ferret health links:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html
http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/
http://www.ferretcongress.org/
http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml
http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html
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