| Title: | Meower Power is Valuing Differences |
| Notice: | FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY |
| Moderator: | MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO |
| Created: | Sun Feb 09 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jan 11 1994 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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I have just finished reading note 178 about ASH and although my
vet says I have nothing to worry about by feeding my boys Whiskas
(because its mainly water anyway) I am still confused as to the
part that says the ASH is whats left over from burning the food.
Why on earth do they "burn" the food anyway????
Sharon T
(Reading, UK)
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| 1340.1 | Just a thought | ARGUS::CHILTON | I live for week-ends | Fri May 06 1988 17:18 | 7 |
I wonder if they mean that cats' bodies burn up the food (calories,
energy, no food=no life, that kind of thing) and the ASH is the
indigestable bit that settles in the cat's urethra instead of being
passed out of the cat's body.
Sue
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| 1340.2 | Some Chemistry Slips In | TOXMAN::MECLER | FRANK | Fri May 06 1988 21:12 | 7 |
No, they mean ash. When any organic material burns, the mineral
components are left behind and form a major constituent of the ash
(that's why municipal incinerators are having a problem disposing
of their ash - some trash metals are toxic). Anyway, ashing organic
material is a standard but old way of determining mineral content.
Frank
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