Table 4.
Body weight, food intake, fecal characteristics, and total tract apparent macronutrient digestibility of cats fed diets containing different carbohydrate sources.
| Item | Treatmentsa | SEMb | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corn | WSH | RSH | ||
| Body weight (kg) | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 0.17 |
| Food intake, g/d (DMB) | 74.3 | 73.9 | 74.1 | 0.92 |
| Fecal output, g/d (as-is) | 44.5 | 40.6 | 40.7 | 2.11 |
| Fecal output, g/d (DMB) | 16.1c | 14.0cd | 14.0c | 0.62 |
| Fecal score | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 0.09 |
| Digestibility, % | ||||
| Dry matter | 78.3 | 81.0 | 81.1 | 0.88 |
| % DMa basis | ||||
| Organic matter | 84.2d | 86.4c | 86.4c | 0.67 |
| Acid hydrolyzed fat | 91.4 | 92.8 | 92.8 | 0.48 |
| Crude protein | 84.5 | 86.0 | 86.6 | 0.73 |
| Total dietary fiber | 44.7d | 56.0c | 53.2c | 2.25 |
| Digestible energy, kcal/g | 4.54d | 4.66c | 4.64cd | 0.03 |
a
DMB, dry matter basis, DM, dry matter; WSH, white sorghum; RSH, red sorghum.
b
Standard error of the mean.
cd
Means within a row with no common superscript letter are different (P < 0.05).