Quote Originally Posted by Desert View Post

Nutrition studies have demonstrated that the soluble constituents of alfalfa were important for weight gain and nitrogen retention in rats when combined with a high protein ration, and also demonstrated that the soluble constituents were actually about two-thirds to three quarter digested by rats. The dietary alfalfa component actually increased weight gain in the study rats. The point here is that the much lower alfalfa component in the discussed brand appears to not be a 'filler' and the premise that it doesn't belong there appears to be flawed.
Now those words sound extremely familiar? Care to site your source?

My point, I have already said alfalfa is somewhat digestable, but very well. It is not preferred by rats in any of the studies, and in the case of purina, i would imagine the use of dehydrated alfalfa is just like you said. For the sake of keeping other rat breeders from buying the cheap rat feed because of the main ingredient being alfalfa, there is nothing wrong with saying that alfalfa is not good for rats.

If you wish to make your point, you should put the whole study without any cuts. I've read the article your referring to, and while you may have gotten the gist of it, there is more information to be had on the entire study that you left out.