Is meat and bone meal in dog food unhealthy? Could it be roadkill?

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Is meat and bone meal a bad or unacceptable ingredient in dog food? Why or why not? Can't this legally be roadkill? Pet's info: Dog | Cavalier King Charles Spaniel | Female | spayed | 5 years and 3 months old | 17 lbs

Angel Alvarado, LVT · Accepted Answer

There are different grades of meat and bone meals. Yes, some lesser quality meat/bone meals may be derived from roadkill or dead or dying livestock. For this reason, it is best to avoid diets with meat meals or by products, especially if they appear early on in the ingredient list. There are grades for a majority of ingredients. Diets that use human grade ingredients are generally better (and more expensive) than store or discount brands that utilize "feed grade" ingredients. These are the leftovers from processing ingredients used in different diets.

Is meat and bone meal in dog food unhealthy? Could it be roadkill?

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