There seems to be out there on the wonderful internet, some old wives tales that keep on being quoted, but with no substance behind them. This was recently spoken about thankfully in the Barbet breed, where quotes keep being picked up and published on websites run by random, ill informed people who have probably never even met a barbet in their life. . One new dog website here in England just recently did this, they published stuff they had found on the internet, before they had even spoken to anyone who may own one.
So then back onto the subject of tripe!
I was trying to find the nutritional differences between beef and sheep tripe, and seemed to keep getting the same old quotes about sheep tripe, that your dog is likely to become infected with worms upon feeding this. Hmmm, I couldn't see why, as many others were feeding wild deer tripe, and I'm sure deer don't queue up at the vet every three months for their wormers! So how come deer are different to sheep? Well, it is just an old wive's tale it seems. Farmers these days run strict worming programmes for their sheep, so it is hard to say that sheep are more likely to carry worms than cattle. However, when in doubt, freeze it. Anything I am dubious about, gets chucked in the freezer for a few days to kill anything before the dogs are allowed it, this was commonplace with raw feeders using pork in the past I believe.
And then even more tripe.....
I found it highly amusing to read that in Northern France, there is actually a contest each year run by 'The Brotherhood' to see who produces the best 'Tripe a la Mode de Caen' , and darn! I've just missed the 60th Anniversary of the Brotherhood, but no worries, the 60th contest of the Tripe of Caen is the weekend of 6-7th October, and even better.... with Afternoon Dancing! So if your stuck for something to do in Normandy in October.........
link here
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.caen.fr/tripieredor/&ei=obvVT_PwBsXG8gPlz6S7Aw&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CFUQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dla%2Btripiere%2Bd%2Bor%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D717%26prmd%3Dimvns
So then back onto the subject of tripe!
I was trying to find the nutritional differences between beef and sheep tripe, and seemed to keep getting the same old quotes about sheep tripe, that your dog is likely to become infected with worms upon feeding this. Hmmm, I couldn't see why, as many others were feeding wild deer tripe, and I'm sure deer don't queue up at the vet every three months for their wormers! So how come deer are different to sheep? Well, it is just an old wive's tale it seems. Farmers these days run strict worming programmes for their sheep, so it is hard to say that sheep are more likely to carry worms than cattle. However, when in doubt, freeze it. Anything I am dubious about, gets chucked in the freezer for a few days to kill anything before the dogs are allowed it, this was commonplace with raw feeders using pork in the past I believe.
And then even more tripe.....
I found it highly amusing to read that in Northern France, there is actually a contest each year run by 'The Brotherhood' to see who produces the best 'Tripe a la Mode de Caen' , and darn! I've just missed the 60th Anniversary of the Brotherhood, but no worries, the 60th contest of the Tripe of Caen is the weekend of 6-7th October, and even better.... with Afternoon Dancing! So if your stuck for something to do in Normandy in October.........
link here
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.caen.fr/tripieredor/&ei=obvVT_PwBsXG8gPlz6S7Aw&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CFUQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dla%2Btripiere%2Bd%2Bor%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D717%26prmd%3Dimvns