What's really in that can of pet food on your shelf?

Here's a guide to some ingredients listed on the label and what they really are, according to the Association of American Feed Control Officials:

Chicken, beef or fish: clean flesh from these animals.

Meat byproducts: blood, bone and organs such as lungs, spleen, kidney, brains, liver, stomachs and intestines from slaughterhouses.

Poultry byproducts: necks, feet, undeveloped eggs, lungs, intestines. Not feathers.

Meat or poultry byproduct meal: blood, bone and organs that are rendered, dried and ground up. Can include tissue from animals that died outside slaughterhouses.

Steamed bone meal: bones separated through cooking and ground up. It provides minerals, mainly calcium and phosphorus.

Taurine: an amino acid needed by cats.

Grains: labeled either as whole grains, such as corn or barley, or as ground milled products, which are what's left after flour and cereal are processed.

Vegetables: dried yams, beet pulp, carrots.

Additives: vitamins and minerals, flavorings and preservatives.

By Anita Manning, USA TODAY

Grief Counseling Centers and Phone Numbers

Cornell University
College of Veterinary Medicine
Ithaca, New York
Hours of operation: 6 to 9 p.m. eastern time, Tuesdays through Thursdays
607-253-3932

Iowa State University
College of Veterinary Medicine
Ames, Iowa
Hours of operation: 6 to 9 p.m. central time, Monday through Friday
888-478-7574

Michigan State University
College of Veterinary Medicine
East Lansing, Michigan
Hours of operation: 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. eastern time, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
517-432-2696

Tufts University
School of Veterinary Medicine
North Grafton, Massachusetts
Hours of operation: 6 to 9 p.m., eastern time, Monday though Friday
508-839-7966

Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
Blacksburg, Virginia
Hours of operation: 6 to 9 p.m., eastern time, Tuesday and Thursday
540-231-8038

Washington State University
College of Veterinary Medicine
Pullman, Washington
Hours of operation: 6:30 to 9 p.m. Pacific time, Mondays through Thursdays; 1 to 3 p.m. Saturdays
509-335-5704

University of California
School of Veterinary Medicine
Davis, California
Hours of operation: 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Pacific time, Mondays through Fridays; program on hiatus until April 2007
800-565-1526

University of Florida
College of Veterinary Medicine
Gainesville, Florida
Hours of operation: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., eastern time, Tuesdays through Fridays
352-392-4700, Ext. 4080

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
Urbana, Illinois
Hours of operation: 7 to 9 p.m., central time, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
217-244-2273