Table 1.
The protein and 11 essential amino acids listed for cats and 10 essential amino acids listed for dogs are required for adult maintenance (adapted from [27]).
| Requirement on DM Basis (%) | Adult Maintenance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cat | Dog | |||
| Minimum | Maximum | Minimum | Maximum | |
| Crude Protein | 26 | - | 18 | - |
| Essential amino acids | ||||
| Taurine (canned/extruded) |
0.2/0.1 | - | No requirement |
- |
| Arginine | 1.04 | - | 0.51 | - |
| Histidine | 0.31 | - | 0.19 | - |
| Isoleucine | 0.52 | - | 0.38 | - |
| Leucine | 1.24 | - | 0.68 | - |
| Lysine | 0.83 | - | 0.63 | - |
| Methionine | 0.20 | 1.5 | 0.33 | - |
| Phenylalanine | 0.42 | - | 0.45 | - |
| Threonine | 0.73 | - | 0.48 | - |
| Tryptophan | 0.16 | 1.7 | 0.16 | - |
| Valine | 0.62 | - | 0.49 | - |