Nutrient Requirements of Dogs and Cats

This text combines essential information about dogs and cats in one volume, providing details on carbohydrates, fibre, dietary fats and fatty acids, energy, protein, amino acids, minerals, vitamins and water. This comprehensive work includes: updated estimates of requirements for all nutrients; factors affecting food intake; commentary on nutrient metabolism, toxicity, deficiency and nutritionally related disease; impacts of physiologic status, temperature, breed, age, physical and environment on nutrician; unique biological characteristics affecting nutrient digestion; considerations of feed ingredients, diet formulation, and feed processing and manufacturing; and the principles of feeding pet and laboratory animals.

Subcommittee on Dog and Cat Nutrition, Committee on Animal Nutrition, National Research Council

Updating recommendations last made by the National Research Council in the mid-1980s, this report provides nutrient recommendations based on physical activity and stage in life, major factors that influence nutrient needs. It looks at how nutrients are metabolized in the bodies of dogs and cats, indications of nutrient deficiency, and diseases related to poor nutrition. The report provides a valuable resource for industry professionals formulating diets, scientists setting research agendas, government officials developing regulations for pet food labeling, and as a university textbook for dog and cat nutrition. It can also guide pet owners feeding decisions for their pets with information on specific nutrient needs, characteristics of different types of pet foods, and factors to consider when feeding cats and dogs.

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