Microbiological and physico-chemical quality of moist and natural pet foods sold in Brazil
International Journal of Development Research
Microbiological and physico-chemical quality of moist and natural pet foods sold in Brazil
Received 17th August, 2021; Received in revised form 29th September, 2021; Accepted 06th October, 2021; Published online 30th October, 2021
Copyright © 2021, Erika F. Pereira et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This study evaluated the microbiological and physico-chemical quality of moist and natural foods for dogs and cats sold in Brazil. Three lots of 12 samples were collected, 4 correspond to diets categorized as economic, 2 for each species, 6 as premium, 2 feline and 4 canine, and 2 diets as natural, 1 for each species. The most pet foods analyzed are in accordance with the physico-chemical parameters, except the results of neutral and acid detergent fibre and fat values. All categories of pet foods evaluated comply with the maximum limit defined for coliforms at 45ºC. For mesophilic bacteria was observed counts above the limit in almost all feline foods, except for 1 feline premium brand, this limit was also above in 1 economic and 1 natural canine brand. Only 1 feline premium brand evaluated did not extrapolated the limit of 10³ CFU/g for molds and yeasts. Indices founds may represent risks to the pet`s health.
