| Title: | Meower Power is Valuing Differences | 
| Notice: | FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY | 
| Moderator: | MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO | 
| Created: | Sun Feb 09 1986 | 
| Last Modified: | Tue Jan 11 1994 | 
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    I have just finished reading note 178 about ASH and although my
    vet says I have nothing to worry about by feeding my boys Whiskas
    (because its mainly water anyway) I am still confused as to the
    part that says the ASH is whats left over from burning the food.
    
    Why on earth do they "burn" the food anyway????
    
    Sharon T
    (Reading, UK)
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| 1340.1 | Just a thought | ARGUS::CHILTON | I live for week-ends | Fri May 06 1988 16:18 | 7 | 
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    I wonder if they mean that cats' bodies burn up the food (calories,
    energy, no food=no life, that kind of thing) and the ASH is the
    indigestable bit that settles in the cat's urethra instead of being
    passed out of the cat's body.
    
    Sue 
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| 1340.2 | Some Chemistry Slips In | TOXMAN::MECLER | FRANK | Fri May 06 1988 20:12 | 7 | 
|     No, they mean ash.  When any organic material burns, the mineral
    components are left behind and form a major constituent of the ash
    (that's why municipal incinerators are having a problem disposing
    of their ash - some trash metals are toxic).  Anyway, ashing organic
    material is a standard but old way of determining mineral content.
    
    Frank
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