Nutritional Value
Green tripe is highly recommended by the advocates of raw food for dogs. In an analysis of a sample of green tripe by a Woodson-Tenant Lab in Atlanta, Georgia, it was discovered that the calcium:phosphorus ratio is 1:1, the overall pH is on the acidic side which is better for digestion, protein is 15.1, fat 11.7 and it contained the essential fatty acids, linoleic and linolenic, in their recommended proportions. Also discovered was the presence of lactic acid bacteria, known as lactobacillus acidophilus, which is a beneficial intestinal bacteria and a common ingredient in probiotics.
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