Table 1.
Nutrient intake of dogs, cats and ferrets fed extruded diets with different macronutrient compositions
| Intake (g/kg BW per d)* | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | Diet | Dogs (n 6) | Cats (n 6) | Ferrets (n 6) | Mean | sem† |
| HC | 17·6B | 9·9A | 29·3C | 18·2 | 5·6 | |
| MC | 17·7A | 10·8A | 31·1B | 19·0 | 6·0 | |
| DM | LC | 12·3A | 14·4A | 31·3B | 19·3 | 6·0 |
| Mean | 15·5 | 12·1 | 30·7 | |||
| sem | 1·8 | 1·4 | 0·7 | |||
| Protein | HC | 5·4aA | 4·4aA | 8·9aB | 5·5 | 1·4 |
| MC | 7·3aB | 4·3aA | 12·8bC | 7·8 | 2·5 | |
| LC | 5·6aA | 6·5bA | 14·3bB | 8·8 | 2·8 | |
| Mean | 6·0 | 5·0 | 12·6 | |||
| sem | 0·6 | 0·7 | 1·6 | |||
| Fat | HC | 1·3aAB | 0·7aA | 2·2aB | 1·4 | 0·4 |
| MC | 1·8aA | 1·1aA | 3·2aB | 1·9 | 0·6 | |
| LC | 2·8bA | 3·3bA | 7·2bB | 4·4 | 1·4 | |
| Mean | 2·1 | 2·0 | 4·9 | |||
| sem | 0·4 | 0·8 | 1·5 | |||
| Nitrogen-free extract | HC | 9·5bB | 5·3bA | 15·8bC | 9·8 | 3·1 |
| MC | 6·5abA | 4·0bA | 11·5abB | 7·0 | 2·2 | |
| LC | 2·0bA | 2·7aA | 5·8aB | 8·8 | 2·8 | |
| Mean | 7·1 | 5·3 | 14·0 | |||
| sem | 1·2 | 0·7 | 1·3 | |||
HC, high carbohydrate; MC, medium carbohydrate; LC, low carbohydrate.
a,b Within a column, means not sharing a common superscript differ (P < 0·05). Comparison valid inside a nutrient.
A,B,C Within a row, means not sharing a common superscript differ (P < 0·05).
*Dogs and cats were fed calculated amounts of food and ferrets were fed ad libitum.
†Standard error of mean, n 6 animals per diet.