People who keep cats and dogs know that pet hair has a great impact on their beauty and health. The hair of cats and dogs absorbs nutrients through hair follicles, and the hair follicles also provide fixation and protection for hair. The growth and...
People who keep cats and dogs know that pet hair has a great impact on their beauty and health. The hair of cats and dogs absorbs nutrients through hair follicles, and the hair follicles also provide fixation and protection for hair. The growth and development of hair follicles is a dynamic process, mainly regulated by nutrition. The lack of nutrients will destroy the normal development and regeneration of hair follicles, leading to significant changes in the hair shaft, thereby causing a series of hair health problems.
Therefore, if you want to raise the hair of cats and dogs, you should pay attention to the intake of these nutrients:
1. Polyunsaturated fatty acids
Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAS) are a kind of necessary fatty acids. Numbered according to the double bond position at the farthest end of the carboxyl group, PUFAS can be divided into two categories (also known as ω-3 and ω-6). It has been proven that the intake of PUFAs has a positive impact on body health, especially in terms of brain development, intestinal health, anti-inflammatory, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease prevention, etc.
experiments show that n-3 PUFAs may play a major role in improving pet hair health, and also demonstrated the feasibility of adding appropriate amounts of PUFAs to improve fur health in pet diets.
2.Lecithin
Lecithin, also known as echoyocin, is widely distributed in animal and plant tissues such as soybeans and egg yolks. Lecithin has outstanding amphiphilicity and antioxidant properties, and plays an important role in nutritional and health care functions. Lecithin in a narrow sense refers to phosphatidylcholine (Pc), and lecithin in a broad sense refers to a mixture of phospholipids extracted from animals and plants. Since the phospholipid structure contains a certain number of unsaturated bonds, it can participate in redox reactions, desaturation reactions and addition reactions, and has obvious anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects.
After feeding lecithin, the hair of dogs is more shiny, smoother, and dry and fur is significantly improved. Not only that, lecithin can stimulate hair growth and has a certain therapeutic effect on seborrheic hair loss. At present, there are few studies on the application of lecithin in pet health products, and the mechanism of action of lecithin to regulate fur health is still unclear, and further in-depth research is still needed.
3. Vitamins
Vitamins are one of the six major nutrients. Most vitamins are not synthesized in mammals and often require food intake. Vitamins are indispensable in the body's metabolism, but they do not constitute components of cells, nor provide energy, but play a regulatory role in the body.
The full-price diet of high-quality pets sold on the market is rich in various vitamins, so domestic dogs and cats that consume full-price diet are not prone to vitamin deficiency. Pet health products for regulating the health of cats and dogs often contain vitamin A (VA), B vitamins (VB), vitamin H (VH), etc. to improve the fur health problems such as hair loss, dermatitis, dry and dull hair manifested by some cats and dogs due to unbalanced diet and poor growth environment.
