 lungs in raw
#292058 - 08/14/2010 04:49 AM |
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Just back with the usual stuff from the butcher for the dogs, and the chap asked me if I would like to have pork bones and minced offal including lung, I don't generally give them much in the way of pork, maybe some left over sausage meat, and I'm not sure about lung, is it of any nutritional value?
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Tracey
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#292065 - 08/14/2010 08:54 AM |
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lungs are good stuff and kind of hard to get so snatch it up.
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#292073 - 08/14/2010 11:12 AM |
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Every part of a prey animal holds nutritional value for your dog.:smile:
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#292087 - 08/14/2010 01:56 PM |
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Oh ok, good,thanks for that.
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Tracey
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#292088 - 08/14/2010 02:06 PM |
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I learn something new every time I ask for advice on this site! I didn't realise they were of any nutritional use, and as I can get them readily it will be something to include in their diet.
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Tracey
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#292092 - 08/14/2010 03:08 PM |
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Basically the only thing in an animal that has no nutritional value for a dog is the air in the lungs, hair and the teeth. The freshly ingested forage that is in the prey animal's stomach has very little usable nutrients for dogs.
When I butcher an animal the only real waste is the grass in the stomach. My dogs eat all the intestines and organs, some of the contents of the small and large intestines, the bones small enough for them to chew, cartilage, skin, meat, sinew and fat. My Beagles will chew the ends off of the larger bones and lick out the marrow. They usually don't bother with the cattle hooves and horns. If I cut the thicker skin in small enough strips they eat that too.
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#292152 - 08/15/2010 01:08 AM |
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That's great, thanks for that, very useful information.
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Tracey
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#292155 - 08/15/2010 02:01 AM |
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Here' s gross lung story.
So a friend of mine hauled beef from the huge coolers in Greeley Colorado where IBP, formerly Monfort, slaughtered something like 5000 head of cattle per day....
Anyway, one time he was walking thru a cooler and there were all these sets of lungs hanging. He asked what they were doing with the lungs. Well, it turns out that one of the companies that "flame broils" their hamburgers, fast food, wanted lungs because they stayed soft and didn't melt away with the grill heat like fat. One company, I'm not saying who, was serving nearly 40%lung in their cheeseburgers. Still today, so icky IMO.
I don't think lung is such a good idea, especially fed raw. It's like a furnace filter, all the bacteria are right in there. My husband is reading this forum a little tonite too, we are on vacation, he is a surgeon, his opinion is the risk of bad bugs outweighs the possible nutritional value of the spongy lung and cartilage-all just our personal opinions.
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#292157 - 08/15/2010 03:29 AM |
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EEEWWWWWWW! that is gross, I thought these type of practices were more heavily policed in the human food chain, doesn't anyone do spot checks on whats in burgers?! it's enough to put you off for life  are there any particular animals that have 'bugs' in organs, or do you think it can be a general problem across the breeds?
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Tracey
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#292159 - 08/15/2010 05:32 AM |
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Oh gee, thanks! I was eating a snack when I read this. I think I may 'relieve' myself of that snack now. sooo, excuse me. I'll be right back - maybe
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