Table 3.
Average dietary, nutrient and metabolizable energy (ME) intakes of the experimental diets administered to the dogs during the 15 d of the study.1
| Item | CD | B1 | B2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average dietary intakes, g/d as fed | |||
| Complementary food | 103 | 108 | 104 |
| Raw meat | 256 | 254 | 240 |
| Total daily amount | 360 | 362 | 366 |
| Dry matter | 186 | 191 | 190 |
| Average dietary Average nutrient intakes, g/d | |||
| Crude protein | 55.9 | 56.7 | 54.9 |
| Crude lipids | 42.4 | 41.4 | 41.3 |
| Crude fiber | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| TDF | 9.7 | 11.7 | 12.0 |
| Ash | 7.8 | 9.2 | 9.9 |
| Starch | 72.7 | 72.8 | 71.3 |
| RDS | 43.8 | 50.2 | 32.9 |
| SDS | 21.9 | 15.2 | 27.8 |
| RS | 6.9 | 7.4 | 10.0 |
| ME, kcal/d | 862 | 875 | 867 |
TDF = total dietary fibre; RDS = rapidly digestible starch; SDS = slowly digestible starch; RS = resistant starch; ME = metabolizable energy.
1
CD, control diet, made with pasta and rice as main source of starch in a ratio 1:1 and raw meat; B1, diet with a complementary food made of rice as main source of starch and raw meat; B2, diet with a complementary food made of potato as main source of starch and raw meat.