Here’s a Itchmo link to findings re: Biuret Feed Grade:
Melamine/Urea, cyanuric acid and amiloride in a single feed ingredient
http://64.79.216.38/~itchmo/fo.....opic=122.0

But here’s something else interesting.

IBDU (isobutylidene diurea) is most widely as a lawn fertilizer. But, here is a reference to its use as a feed for monogastric (non ruminant) animals.

A quote from the description of US Patent # 3984572 titled “Feed for monogastric animals” reads:

“Currently, methionine and lysine are being used as artificial feeds for monogastric animals, and urea, isobutylidene diurea and biuret are being used for ruminant animals. Among these compounds, isobutylidene diurea is excellent as an artificial feed for ruminant animals because it is gradually decomposed in the first rumen to form ammonia, whereby it can be utilized for the synthesis of microbial protein of the microorganisms inhabiting the rumen. The microbes are digested and absorbed in a digestive organ below the abomasum so as to be effective for growth of the ruminant animals. Since monogastric animals have a different digestive mechanism from ruminant animals, one of ordinary skill would not have considered that isobutylidene diurea might be effective as a feed for monogastric animals.”

The inventors of this patent are:
Sakaki, Yasuhiro (Yokohama, JA)
Kawai, Hiroshi (Tokyo, JA)

The Assignee:
Mitsubishi Chemical Industries Ltd. - Aka Mitsubishi Monsanto

You must be a very intuitive person - it’s a beautiful symbol - but I’m sorry to hear what it meant for you.

Since the dogs carryingson are heard by both me and my roommate, I too wonder what it means. The dogs are so hungry - I fed only homecooked food last night for the entire crew -
maybe I’ll start keeping a record of what is happening so to better understand it.

Thanks so much for your story.

Linda MS

From the back cover: “The brain disease kuru had already killed hundreds of humans in New Guinea, and here at Patuxent, located just off I-95 between Baltimore and Washington,DC, kuru was being injected into primates, monkeys, and dozens of other species — right in the middle of a wildlife refuge and bird sanctuary.

We are now standing at an extraordinary crossroads. It has been almost fifty years since the importation of infectious kuru into North America. During that period, deadly prion disease has emerged in wildlife and now in cattle in the form of Mad Cow Disease. Like a ghostly wraith, it has moved silently between species. Meanwhile, a massive epidemic of Alzheimer’s disease threatens the entire healthcare system in N. Amer., and hidden in that epidemic may be the unmistakable signs of a larger number of cases of the human form of Mad Cow Disease.”

While doing research, after my Mom at age 70 was diagnosed w/ Alzheimer’s 6 years ago, I came across this book. There is absolutely no history of Alzheimer’s on either side of my family, in fact my great grandparents lived until 94, and grandparents 89 on my mother’s side. She was one of the healthiest people I knew; never smoked, drank, did drugs her entire life…had 9 children all just as healthy. All my life she was never sick with anything but a cold or flu, then out of the blue she began deteriorating…talking and forgetting her sentence half way through…frustrated not being able to get out her thoughts, started talking gibberish…within less than 6 months the mother and loving person I always knew was gone, and I mean gone. She was bedridden at about one year…still hanging on but sadly I fear it won’t be much longer. Not until autopsy will we know definitively if Alzheimer’s is the cause, but I’m betting the farm it is not what caused her downfall, yet instead this human form of mad cow disease. She was a big meat eater, and more than anything she loved lamb. You’ll understand when you read the book, which I sincerely hope you all do. EXCELLENT READ!

Linda MS

http://tinyurl.com/248mog

Also, what if manuf. used the cont. product in differing amts because of different formulations?

NPN was mentioned earlier in relationship to a study done in Arizona with cattle,but I can’t remember where I saw it…

Also,the Chinese co. mentioned they manuf or had available: ESB Protein Meal that uped the protein in fish meal.

“ESB Biologic Protein Meal” is a kind of high protein substance by mixing coin protein and NPN and using high biologic technology. It is the high protein feed, the crude protein: CP160%-CP300%. “ESB Biologic Protein Meal” has no flavor and has no coolness, torpidity, cayenne; it has no contamination of chemistry and drug. It is safe; nonpoisonous, without bad reaction. The product is yellow or grey or white powder. The protein is permanent, endure high temperature, the freshen is 90% min and has no contamination. It has the good effect to promote the protein of fish meal and other animal feed.”

(ARC notes) “coin” may be “corn” or refering to the inner kernel of a grain such as wheat. NPN is the Non Protein Nitrogen, or Urea, which may be a byproduct of coal processing. “high biologic technology” means they probably heated and/or pressurize it with the Urea, the different colors of the end product could indicate they are using either different grains or different processing to get different color base products. The crude protein cannot be more than 100%, so that is an error.)from Daily Kos - State of the Nation.

Would ESB have an affect,do most dog and cat foods contain “fish meal”?

And, now I see the Welactin Oil I picked up for my dog today is linked to Alibaba and a company in Chile:Spes S.A.??

This is crazy - I read the ingredients on my salad dressing tonight,and into the garbage it went. I had a jar of crushed ginger from China - it’s in the garbage. What happened to the days when we could pick vegtables and fruit and eat them raw from the field??

Katie