Table 1. The effects of pre-weaning and post-weaning diets on the energy, fat and protein intake and content in faeces and apparent digestibility of energy, fat and protein in the domestic kitten (n = 5 per treatment).

	K-K		K-C		C-K		C-C		P-value
Macronutrient	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Pre1	Post2	Pre*post
Energy
Apparent digestibility	74.0	4.7	82.5	1.7	73.7	3	80.5	1.5	0.583	0.002	0.682
Energy intake (kJ)	0.36	0.03	0.82	0.1	0.48	0.03	1.23	0.12	0.004	<0.001	0.86
Content of faeces (kJ)	0.09	0.02	0.15	0.03	0.13	0.022	0.26	0.042	0.019	0.006	0.255
Fat
Apparent digestibility	80.4	2.1	90.6	1.8	80.1	4.3	82.5	3.7	0.203	0.063	0.239
Fat intake (g DM/d)	9.5	0.8	32.9	4	12.7	0.7	49.4	4.7	0.006	<0.001	0.049
Content of faeces (g DM/d)	1.8	0.09	3.3	1.3	2.62	0.7	9.22	2.6	0.032	0.012	0.096
Protein
Apparent digestibility	71.7	1.6	89	0.6	70.8	3.2	86.9	0.8	0.428	0.001	0.772
Protein intake (g DM/d)	16.6	1.4	39.7	4.8	22.2	1.3	59.7	5.7	0.004	<0.001	0.08
Content of faeces (g DM)	4.62	0.21	4.44	0.76	6.56	0.99	7.92	1.17	0.006	0.503	0.385

Data are presented as the mean and standard error of the mean (SEM). P value indicates ANOVA significance of rank transformed data.

K = Kibbled.

C = Canned.

Diet K-Diet K (K-K) n = 3 females, n = 2 males.

Diet C-Diet K (C-K) n = 3 females, n = 2 males.

Diet K-Diet C (K-C) n = 3 females, n = 2 males.

Diet C-Diet C (C-C) n = 4 females, n = 1 male.

¹Comparisons between Diets K-K and K-C vs C-K and C-C.

²Comparison between Diets K-K and C-K and C-C and K-C.

DM = dry matter.