In the assortment of products that may be suitable for use by dogs, sometimes quite unusual options are present. The scar should be attributed to them - with proper preparation and normalized introduction into the diet of a pet, it can positively affect its state of health and replenishment of the body with useful vitamins and minerals.
What it is?
Meat scar belongs to the category of offal, it is a section of the stomach of ruminants, intended for the primary digestion of plant food. In fact, the scar is a muscular bag that can stretch, containing about 50 kilograms of hay, silage, animal feed. This is due to the elastic, but thick walls. Very often this product is called "tripe."
Beef, lamb, or even pork in a raw crude version has an unattractive appearance, since the walls of the stomach are covered with numerous growths that are outwardly similar to the hairline. These glands secrete a secret that promotes the digestion of food. The color of the scar offered on the shelves can vary from brown in light shades to black or greenish.
Upon contact with the offal, you can feel that it contains a certain amount of mucus.
Confusing the stomach with any other product will be quite problematic not only in the light of its external features, but also the aroma that will come from it during the heat treatment. Therefore, some breeders resort to introducing a raw version or prepared feed based on the rumen into the diet of their pets.However, even taking into account the unattractive appearance and smell of the stomach, it is considered one of the best meat ingredients a dog needs..
Benefit and harm
Before introducing a scar unknown to this time into the menu of your four-legged pet, you need to study its beneficial properties, as well as possible harm and contraindications to use.
Among the features that positively affect the animal’s body, one should single out the main quality of the offal - the ability to make up for the deficiency of the main enzymes. The scar contains such important vitamins and minerals:
- vitamins B and PP;
- selenium;
- phosphorus;
- potassium;
- magnesium;
- iron;
- golden compounds;
- sodium.
The stomach will be useful both in raw and in heat-treated form.
However, in the first option, it will be possible to preserve a greater amount of vitamins and antioxidants.
But there are also opinions regarding the inappropriateness of introducing such a product into the dog’s menu, especially without prior boiling. This is due to the risk of infection with parasites and other dangerous ailments. Uncontrolled and irregular use of the scar, which is fraught with digestive upset, can be harmful to health. If you prepare and process the product correctly, the benefits of the offal will outweigh the existing fears about its harm.
How to choose a scar?
On the shelves of stores scar is not present so often. However, it can be implemented in two forms - in its original or purified form. Everything will depend on where the meat products were brought from. In large enterprises, there are special mechanisms that allow you to process the stomach, in private farms, such manipulations with offal are extremely rare.
The essence of cleaning is to remove impartial villi and mucus, however, these components of the muscle bag will be most useful for the dog's body.
In any case, you should choose a stomach that will contain the minimum amount of fat, and it is best to opt for beef products, in light of the fact that not every dog will like the lamb stomach.
In what form can I give?
A pet can be given both raw and boiled, and even a dried stomach. But even a raw scar should be prepared for use by animals. Before serving a raw product, it is necessary to carry out a series of manipulations with it.
- First, rinse the product with plenty of running water. So you can partially get rid of an unpleasant odor.
- Next, the stomach must be rinsed with boiling water, remove the upper contaminated layer.
- After the scar dries, it should be cut into pieces convenient for chewing by the dog, depending on its size. Serve separately or in conjunction with other ingredients for animals.
The next recipe for cooking will be boiling the product.
For such heat treatment, a special pan or container should be used, since it will be very difficult to wash the walls of the dishes after cooking the scar.
Consider the algorithm of work.
- The main steps will be similar to those in the first case - first you need to rinse your stomach.
- Shake out the rest of the contents of the bag. Soak for 30 minutes in cold water.
- Get wet from excess fluid. Cut into pieces the size of a human palm. Pour in water, put on fire.
- When the product boils, it is necessary to change the water in it, bring it to a boil again. The optimal number of fluid changes will be 3-5 times, then it will be possible to remove an unpleasant odor. On average, the scar will have to be cooked on the order of four hours. You can determine the readiness with a knife or fork - if the offal is easily pierced, then it is already ready for use.
You can immediately boil the whole stomach, allow it to cool, divide it into portioned pieces, designed for one meal, distribute it in bags and in this form put it into storage in the freezer.
As necessary, get, and before feeding the dog, simply pour boiled finished product over with boiling water.
Without a freezer on a shelf in the refrigerator, the offal can be stored for no more than one week.
Some manufacturers and dog breeders dry the stomach, so that they can be fed to their pet in this form. Dry the scar at home in the oven. A dried scar is prepared with a little salt added.
The algorithm for preparing such a treat will be as follows:
- raw tripe washed, cut into strips;
- then boiled in salted water for 5-10 minutes;
- the next step will be drying in an oven at an average temperature of about two hours.
Such a product will be for dogs not only a useful treat, but also a toy that can be offered to puppies when teething.
You can give dogs a scar as an independent dish, or by mixing with other products, for example, with vegetables.
In this case, breeders should be aware that raw entrails should be served with vegetables without heat treatment, and the dog should eat boiled tripe with boiled vegetable addition. Mixing raw and boiled components of the animal’s menu is prohibited, as this can cause digestive upset.
As mixes you can consider:
- stomach with carrots and cabbage;
- entrails with pepper and zucchini;
- you can give the dog a scar with cucumber, pumpkin and quail egg;
- offal with herbs and a teaspoon of vegetable oil;
- tripe combined with beef and apple;
- offal with broccoli and green beans;
- tripe with green peas and corn.
Vegetable mixtures can be prepared from the products available in the refrigerator or purchased frozen options.
Selected ingredients can be cut into small cubes, grate, grind in a blender to a puree mass.
Frozen foods, like the stomach, are recommended to be doused with boiling water before feeding the pet.
Feeding rules
Based on the nutritional value and chemical composition of the stomach, they will be able to completely replace one dog’s feeding. The breeder can choose for this morning or evening meal. However, it is not worth abusing such a product, usually entrails without the risk of gastrointestinal upset are given 2 to 4 times a week.
It will be possible to calculate the norm in grams according to this scheme: for every 10 kilograms of dog’s live weight, 100 grams of tripe are required.
It is allowed to accustom puppies to the scar from six months, but at the very beginning, you should carefully monitor the reaction of the animal's body to the introduction of a new ingredient.
For the first time, it is best to give a little scar to the dog in the morning, so that during the day you can observe her well-being. As a rule, in animals that are on natural nutrition, problems with the digestion and assimilation of the scar should not occur.
Vomiting, as well as upset stools after eating the stomach can alert the breeder. As well as negative reactions to the offal can occur in the animal over time. Usually they are expressed in slower growth, changes in the condition of the coat, a decrease in activity in the dog. Before introducing a dog into the diet, a scar will be useful to consult a veterinarian.
Dogs who are on a dry version of the diet, it is not recommended to give such an offal. Since the combination of these feed options with each other can lead to an increased load on the digestive tract.
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