Cooked Beef

Beef is an animal protein cats accept readily and can be shredded as a wet-food topper or an appetite enticement.

1-2 small pieces per serving within about 10% of daily energy intake; it cannot replace complete cat food, and a meat-only diet lacks taurine and other essentials.

Cook through in plain water or roast, remove bone and fat, then cut into small pieces with no seasoning.

Never feed cooked bones; cats need taurine and arachidonic acid from a complete diet, so beef is only an occasional extra.

Lean beef is high in protein, fairly low in fat and very palatable, so it works as a training treat or a short-term bland diet during recovery (follow veterinary advice for any diet plan).

Offer a few small pieces per serving (1-2 for a small dog) within about 10% of daily energy intake; beef cannot replace a complete diet, and a meat-only diet unbalances calcium and phosphorus.

Use a lean cut, cook it through in plain water or roast it, then remove all bone and cut into small pieces; add no salt, oil, sauce, onion, garlic or pepper.

Cooked bones such as beef ribs or poultry bones splinter into sharp pieces that can obstruct or perforate the gut, so never feed them; fatty cuts and butter-fried or cured beef are far too rich and salty.