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The present invention relates to a pet food suitable for mainly breeding pets such as dogs and cats, more particularly, pet food having a good taste, a function for keeping intestines of the pets in order, and an effect for deodorizing unpleasant odors of feces and urine discharged by the pets.
Recently, there has an been an increasing craze for breeding pets, and the number of pets bred inside houses has been increasing. For pets bred outside as well as pets bred indoors, unpleasant odors from the feces and urine discharged by the pets have been an issue.
Therefore, various methods for deodorizing the unpleasant odors from the discharged feces and urine have been developed. For example, there have been proposed various methods, such as
(1) feeding a food containing various materials which have an effect for deodorizing discharged wastes;
(2) feeding water containing materials having a deodorizing effect;
(3) directly spraying a deodorant into a pet waste container; or
(4) spraying a deodorant, such as perfume and fragrance, inside a house.
However, any of these methods does not have satisfactory effect for deodorizing wastes discharged by the pets. Especially, in the method of (1), since a moisture content in the discharged wastes tends to be high, it takes time and labor for an owner to dispose of the discharged wastes. The method of (3) requires a pet owner's work for spraying the deodorant.
As explained above, there has been no satisfactory method for deodorizing pets' wastes without requiring pet owners' labor. If, by daily intake of food, intestinal flora of pets is changed to keep intestines of the pets in order and to eliminate an unpleasant odor from the wastes discharged by the pets, it is possible to breed the pets in a more clean atmosphere which is a great boon to owners of the pets as companions.
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the problems accompanying in the related art and to provide a pet food having a good taste, a function for keeping intestines in order and an effect for eliminating unpleasant odors from the wastes discharged by the pets.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a pet food as stated above, wherein the pet food can be easily and economically manufactured.
Further objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description of the invention.