Simply Good Eggs for Dogs Cats, Your Complete Guide to a Perfect Food

Are you looking for a simply good whole food to support your dogs and cat's health?

Think simple.  Think "eggs."

Eggs are a perfect food. Packed with essential bioavailable nutrients in a mineral-rich package.

Every part of an egg can contribute to your companion animal's health. The egg yolk, egg white, eggshell membrane and the eggshell.

Dogs and cats can consume eggs raw with or without the shell or cooked no shell. Allow your dog and cat to choose her preference.

This article is Part I of  a Complete Guide to selecting and including eggs in your dogs and cat's diet.

Nutritional Value of Eggs, A Perfect Food for Dogs and Cats

Eggs offer complete source of protein, essential fatty acids, essential minerals and vitamins.

Have you heard the saying "Eggs are a complete food"?  It's true! Eggs are an amazing source of  micro and macro nutrients.

🥚Eggs are rich in protein complete with all nine essential amino acids:  

• Cysteine, histidine, isoleucine,  lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan and valine.

🥚Eggs are a good source of carotenoids. The carotenoids in eggs are important for eye health: 

• Lutein
• Zeaxanthin

The micro and macro nutrients in eggs support overall health:

🥚Essential fatty acids

• Omega-3
• Omega-6

🥚Essential  bioavailable minerals

• Calcium
• Copper
  
• Iodine
• Iron
  
• Magnesium
• Manganese
• Molybdenum
• Phosphorus
• Potassium
• Selenium
• Sodium
  
• Zinc

🥚Eggs are a rich source of essential bioavailable vitamins

• Vitamin A (retinol)
• Supports your puppy's growth. Helps maintain skin health, bone development and bone health. Vitamin A is also important for eye health.
  
• Vitamin B1 (thiamin)
• Supports growth, appetite, digestive health, immune system and nervous system function. B1 also supports healthy stress response.
  
• Vitamin B2 (riboflavin)
• Is essential for red blood cell and eye health.
  
• Vitamin B3 (niacin) 
• Supports cell health, regeneration and DNA repair.
  
• Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid)
•  Is essential for conversion of food to energy, cellular, digestive and skin health.
  
• Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine)
•  Supports brain, heart, neurological health and more.
• Vitamin B7 (biotin) 
• Is essential for conversion of food to energy, supports fur, nail and skin health.
  
• Vitamin B9 (folate)
• Supports blood health, cell health and DNA
  
• Vitamin B12 
• Is essential for conversion of food to energy, heart health, cellular and nerve health.
  
• Vitamin D
• Is essential to normal growth as Vitamin D aids the body's absorption of calcium and phosphorus.
  
• Vitamin E 
• Is an important antioxidant necessary for growth, muscle function, heart health and central nervous system function.
  

 🥚 Inositol (sometimes referred to as Vitamin B8)

• Inositol is an important antioxidant that helps combat the damaging effects of free radicals in the body.
•  Inositol supports metabolic health and helps regulate mood.
  

🥚 Choline, an essential micronutrient:

• A dog and cat's body doesn't produce enough choline on it's own. It's important to provide choline-rich foods. Eggs are an important source of choline.
  

Now that's impressive!

Dry kibble and canned food contain inorganic synthetic minerals. Difficult for the body to absorb. 

Whole egg (complete with egg shell) helps re-mineralize your companion animal's body. 

Egg offers a simple, inexpensive opportunity to increase the quality of your dog and cat's diet!

Varieties of Bird Eggs Good for Dogs and Cats

Dogs and cats can consume a variety of eggs. Eggs sourced from birds, domesticated poultry, land-fowl and waterfowl including...

🥚 Chicken
🥚 Duck
🥚 Emu
🥚 Goose
🥚 Grouse
🥚 Guinea Fowl
🥚 Partridge
🥚 Pheasant
🥚 Pigeon
🥚 Quail 
🥚 Turkey

🦆 Duck vs. 🐓 Chicken Eggs

      Duck eggs provide:

• More omega-3 and omega-6 than chicken eggs.
• More of the same vitamins and minerals found in chicken eggs.
• More albumen than chicken eggs.
• More yolk than chicken eggs.
• More (healthy) cholesterol than chicken eggs.

At one-time research indicated cholesterol in eggs threatened heart health, now proven incorrect.

Research has proved cholesterol in eggs is not detrimental to serum lipid levels in the body. Eggs may also improve the body's level of good cholesterol. More on that here.
 
🐥 Quail vs. 🐓 Chicken Eggs

      Quail Eggs provide more:

• Vitamin A.
• Vitamin B1 (thiamin), B2 (riboflavin), B3 (naicin), B5 (pantothenic acid), B9 (folate), B12.
• Beta carotene.
• Calcium.
• Iron.
• Tryptophan.
  
• Healthy cholesterol.
  
• Healthy fat.
  

Next up in this Complete Guide to Eggs for Dogs and Cats 

🥚 Part I -     Simply Good Eggs for Dogs and Cats
                        A Complete Food to a Perfect Food

⭐️ Part II -   How Wholesome is That Egg for Your Dog, Cat? 
                        How to Select the Best Eggs!

🥚 Part III - How Safe Are Eggs for Dogs and Cats?
                       Myths and Truths

🥚 Part IV - Eggs for Dogs, Cats - How Much Egg to Serve
                       Raw, Cooked and Recipes

 

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Article and graphics by Karen Rosenfeld.