New York City, NY, 26 September, 2019/ 24 Market Reports: The animals engaging in this market require a sustainable feed as they involve in vigorous exercise and activity. Proteins, vitamins, minerals, and energy ingredients are the segmentations of the market with protein being the most consumed one with the largest market share.
These ingredients are fed to animals to make them strong so that they can give tough competition to the opponents. In terms of consumption, horse feed is the most widely used type due to the horse race industry. Due to the popular use of the dogs in hunting, dog shows, and racing the dog game feed is the second leading animal type in terms of consumption.
Hunting, fighting, animal shows, and racing are the popular forms of animal sport. Racing is the most popular form of animal sport with horse racing and dogsled racing being the most popular segments. With an economic point of view, horse racing is the most popular as well as the income-generating sport as gambling is associated with it.
Jump racing, endurance racing, flat racing, and harness racing are the types of horse racing. Various breeds are been engaged in these kinds of races and different breeds require different nutrition with different dieting habits. Moreover, racehorses require higher concentrations of quality protein and minerals to provide energy expended during rigorous activity and sport. For this reason, specialized game feed for Equine sport has the highest market share.
Another popular form of racing is dogsled racing in the colder regions of North America. Unlike dog feed used for sedentary household dogs, sledge race dogs have specialized nutritional needs. Higher proteins in the form of essential amino acids, such as valine, histidine, tryptophan, and methionine, for muscle condition, tissue repair, and hormone synthesis are been provided to these dogs to make them strong and capable for the race.
In comparison to household pet dogs, the race dogs expend more calories, as a result, they require more fats and carbohydrates. Dogs are the popular species used for the animal shows as well as hunting. The hunting dogs have a similar nutritional requirement to that of sledge race dogs, show dogs have their main appeal in the appearance and consequently, the main focus is on the fur of the animal.
Limitations on the animal sport have been hindering the growth of the market even though certain sports like bullfighting and cockfighting are considered to be legal in some part of the world. Further, many organizations related to the welfare and concern of animals are fighting to ban horseracing and animal entertainment shows such as dog shows. This negatively impacts the market growth for game feed, which completely relies on the continuation of these sports.
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