Roger Gilbert

It’s the end of a momentous year, one we have spent much of our time trying to return to ‘normal’ activities and ‘normal’ work routines while disruption continues to plague us.

Where do our pets fit into this new ‘normal’ that includes the repercussions of war, higher energy prices for all, and the rising cost of foodstuff - including food for our pets - production? And there are other disruptions that are challenging us as well, such as shortages, economic downturns, and delays with logistics which have impacted us significantly, not to mention the trend towards alternative foods, new food and feed ingredients, and new sources of supply for ourselves and our domesticate animals as well as our pets. We report on several of these topics in this edition.

Our pets are family members, and we treat them as such.

Therefore, it’s about minimising the impact of all these factors on their well-being, especially when it comes to diet. Changing the diet of our pet - and even that of our children - can have detrimental effects if not done carefully with support and considered advice.

Professor Simon Davies tackles this issue on page eight where he discusses the implications of removing meat from the diets of cats and dogs.

In 2023 we will likely have to make changes in the way we purchase and provide food to our pets - that means that greater care must be taken.

Here at International Petfood we look not only at the production and nutrition of petfood’s but also at the wide variety of pets’ that we as humans foster. While cats and dogs are the primary pets when it comes to total numbers worldwide, there are lots of other ‘pets’ that we keep which includes zoo animals, those animals that are endangered, and many species across all fauna, such as birds and fish, etc, that we take a liking to and wish to keep. This is what makes our magazine different: the total breadth of species that are kept as ‘pets’ and which we provide feedstuffs for!

Roger Gilbert The production of foodstuffs, using mechanical Publisher – International Petfood means, to provide the correct nutritional formulation for a targeted species and its growth cycle which helps improve wellbeing while minimising disease risk is what we are all about. If this is the area you are working in, then we will provide you with a free annual subscription to our magazine either digitally or a printed copy through the post. Also in this edition… We have features in this edition on: Zoo animal diets; pre- pro- and post-biotics to help create a healthy gut; we highlight wheat germ as a feed ingredient for Koi; Bioconversion to build a sustainably-fed world, and a feature on Zoopan. This is all before we get to our Industry Training section and our Trouble Shooting section that looks at multiple ways to manage an extruder barrel. Don’t overlook our Product Focus section on pages 28-29 that highlights a number of pieces of equipment that you might be interested in learning more about. In the final section we have our show reports, our Market Place and our Interview, this month with Roger Townsend, the President of Behlen Grain Supplies in the USA. A lot to read I know, but all contributing to the knowledge a petfood producer needs in a modern, competitive world where pets are number one! Happy reading.

Our last edition

Did you miss our November 2022 edition? If so, don’t panic!

You can still read all of the great quality content that we published last month on our App – which you can download from Apple Store, Google Play or online at: https://magstand. com/petfood – with the latter platform granting you the opportunity to see all of our back editions on the screen of your desktop computer.

What you may have missed…

An Axolotls Diet: The types of food that are both nutritional and enjoyable for axolotls by Shannon Parsons, International Petfood magazine Axolotls are the Peter Pan of Salamanders who manages to stay ‘young’ throughout their lives by retaining their larval characteristics and thereby never growing out of their aquatic lives like other salamanders This article looks into the nutritional requirements of Axolotls and discussed about best ways to feed them.

To read more, go to:

https://issuu.com/international_aquafeed/docs/ipf2211_final/14

The Interview

With Jorge Martinez Carillo, President, ADM Pet Nutrition, USA Jorge A. Martínez Carrillo is the President of ADM’s global pet nutrition business. Previously he was President of ADM’s animal nutrition business for Latin America. He joined ADM in 2013 under MaltaCleyton, serving as Vice President for the livestock, specialties and aquaculture division, where he strengthened the portfolio of products and services, expanding the network to more than 1,255 distributors in Mexico.

To read more go to:

https://issuu.com/international_aquafeed/docs/ipf2211_ final/40