Table 3.
Prescribed high-moisture pet foods' characteristics with data between parentheses indicating the amount of nutrient according to daily food intake.
| Cat A | Cat B | Cat C | Chia | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pet Food | Hill's™ w/d | Hill's™ c/d | Hill's™ k/d | 2 g/cat/d | |||
| MJ/kg | kcal/kg | MJ/kg | kcal/kg | MJ/kg | kcal/kg | MJ | |
| ME | 3.59 (0.91) | 857 (218) | 4.80 (1.10) | 1148 (262) | 5.46 (1.17) | 1304 (279) | 0.04 |
| g/MJ | g/Mcal | g/MJ | g/Mcal | g/MJ | g/Mcal | g | |
| Crude Protein | 25.94 (23.63) | 108.52 | 22.07 (24.21) | 92.33 | 15.76 (18.40) | 65.95 | 0.42 |
| Crude Fat | 9.20 (8.38) | 38.51 | 11.66 (12.79) | 48.78 | 12.10 (14.12) | 50.61 | 0.66 |
| Crude Fiber | 9.20 (8.38) | 38.51 | 0.62 (0.69) | 2.61 | 1.28 (1.50) | 5.37 | 0.48 |
| Ca | 0.64 (0.58) | 2.68 | 0.42 (0.46) | 1.74 | 0.44 (0.51) | 1.84 | 0.01 |
| P | 0.45 (0.41) | 1.87 | 0.35 (0.39) | 1.48 | 0.26 (0.30) | 1.07 | 0.02 |
| Na | 0.25 (0.23) | 1.05 | 0.19 (0.21) | 0.78 | 0.13 (0.15) | 0.54 | 0.02 |
| Mg | 0.04 (0.04) | 0.18 | 0.04 (0.04) | 0.16 | 0.04 (0.04) | 0.15 | 0.01 |
| Omega-3 | 0.17 (0.15) | 0.70 | 0.46 (0.50) | 1.92 | 0.53 (0.62) | 2.22 | 0.40 |
| Omega-6 | 1.73 (1.58) | 7.23 | 2.23 (2.44) | 9.32 | 2.00 (2.33) | 8.36 | 0.10 |
| n-6/n-3 ratio | 10.0:1 | 4.5:1 | 3.8:1 | 0.3:1 | |||
| Follow-up (6 weeks) | |||||||
| iCa (mmol/L)* | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||||
Details of nutrient added per day by chia supplementation are displayed in the right column. Ionized calcium at 6-weeks is shown in the lower lines.
*
Reference interval is 1.1–1.4 mmol/L.
ME, metabolizable energy; Ca, calcium; P, phosphorus; Na, sodium; Mg, magnesium; iCa, ionized calcium.