Assessing research needs for informing pet food industry decisions
Lonnie Hobbs, Ph.D. student, Kansas State University, identifies and highlights the most important, relevant and current research needs for informing product and marketing decisions in the pet food industry. Managers, industry stakeholders and decision-makers will gain insights on what their counterparts perceive as important research needs, providing awareness of future industry problems/challenges affecting the pet food industry.
Collaborating to support the pet food industry: The need for transparent discourse and a path forward
Anna Kate Shoveller, Ph.D., Champion Petfoods chair in canine and feline nutrition, physiology and metabolism, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Guelph; Daniel Schulof, author, "Dogs, Dog Food, and Dogma"; and Adronie Verbrugghe, DVM, Ph.D., EBVS specialist in veterinary and comparative nutrition, Royal Canin Veterinary Diets endowed chair in canine and feline clinical nutrition, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, present a call to action for open discourse in the pet food industry and an honest scientific debate with the sole desire to understand complex problems and paths to multiple solutions. Learn about how to support this effort with industry-government-academic collaboration.