Metamucil can also be used if ok'ed by your vet at 1g per pound of weight once to twice a day as needed to maintain stool consistency. It does not work overly well when used for an already blocked up cat, but if the situation hasn't become immediate yet, you may be able to try this first.
Pasteurization is the process of heating milk up and then quickly cooling it down to eliminate certain bacteria. For effective pasteurization, milk can be heated up to 145 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 minutes, but this method isn't very common. More common is heating milk up to at least 161.6 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 seconds, which is known as High-temperature Short-Time (HTST) pasteurization, or flash pasteurization.
In the ultra-pasteurization process, milk or cream is sent through pipes where it's heated almost instantaneously to around 280Â° and then cooled again almost as quickly. This is as compared to the regular pasteurization process which heats milk to a minimum of 162Â° for fifteen seconds. On the one hand, ultra-pasteurization means that enormous quantities of milk can be processed much more quickly than any other pasteurization (or safety regulation) process. The milk is also shelf-stable for several months. On the other hand, the treatment changes the taste and texture of the dairy.