Table 1.
Ingredient composition and analyzed nutrient profiles of the experimental diets.
| Analyzed Nutrient | Diet A KCl 0.6% |
Diet B KCl 2.5% |
|---|---|---|
| Moisture | 7.97 | 7.70 |
| Crude protein | 19.6 | 20.1 |
| Crude fat | 6.9 | 7.1 |
| Total dietary fiber | 6.3 | 5.8 |
| Ash | 3.2 | 4.2 |
| Calcium | 0.42 | 0.40 |
| Phosphorus | 0.39 | 0.40 |
| Magnesium | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Potassium | 0.44 | 1.03 |
| Sodium | 0.24 | 0.23 |
| Chloride | 0.54 | 0.83 |
| Metabolizable energy a | 15.4 | 15.4 |
All nutrient contents are expressed in grams per MJ, except for moisture, which is expressed in %, and metabolizable energy, expressed in MJ/kg as fed. Ingredient composition by order of weight: corn and corn gluten, wheat and wheat gluten, dehydrated poultry protein, hydrolyzed animal proteins, rice, animal fats, corn flour, chicory pulp, minerals, egg powder, fish oil, soya oil, psyllium, fructo-oligosaccharides, glucosamine; a calculated with the cat predictive equations from NRC 2006 using total dietary fiber.