TABLE 1.
Nutrient composition of the prefeed and 2 commercial clinical renal diets containing low protein low phosphorus (LP‐LP) and moderate protein moderate phosphorus (MP‐MP)
| Prefeed | Commercial LP‐LP | Commercial MP‐MP | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry | Dry a | Wet b | Dry c | Wet d | ||||
| Batch 1 | Batch 2 | Batch 1 | Batch 2 | Batch 1 | Batch 2 | |||
| Nutrients, per Mcal | ||||||||
| Moisture, g | 12.5 | 14.1 | 10.4 | 725 | 14.7 | 17.1 | 919 | 828 |
| Protein, g | 68.1 | 59.7 | 58.3 | 68.9 | 78 | 73 | 101 | 94.2 |
| Fat, g | 39.3 | 42.7 | 43.9 | 66.1 | 35.3 | 36.6 | 48.4 | 51.9 |
| Crude fiber, g | 5.5 | 10.9 | 10.7 | 8.36 | 12.9 | 12.1 | 15 | 15.9 |
| Calcium (Ca), g | 1.33 | 1.68 | 1.56 | 1.26 | 2.09 | 2.36 | 2.12 | 2.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), g | 1.23 | 0.96 | 0.72 | 0.81 | 1.35 | 1.45 | 1.6 | 1.59 |
| Inorganic P e , g | 0.06 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.25 | 0.48 | 0.48 | 0.17 | 0.17 |
| Ca : P ratio | 1.08 | 1.74 | 2.15 | 1.57 | 1.55 | 1.63 | 1.32 | 1.42 |
| Na, g | 3.11 | 1.02 | 0.99 | 0.93 | 1.05 | 1.12 | 1.2 | 1.15 |
| Mg, mg | 400 | 178 | 182 | 100 | 169 | 223 | 164 | 162 |
| Vitamin D3, IU | 254 | 277 | 275 | 389 | 214 | 235 | 474 | 541 |
| PME, kcal/100 g as fed | 399 | 394 | 403 | 104 | 380 | 380 | 86.8 | 94.5 |
Abbreviation: PME, predicted metabolizable energy by NRC (2006) equation based on proximate analysis and modified Atwater factors.
Maize flour, rice, animal fats, wheat gluten, soya protein isolate, vegetable fibers, maize, maize gluten, hydrolyzed animal proteins, minerals, chicory pulp, dehydrated poultry protein, fish oil, soya oil, fructo‐oligo‐saccharides, psyllium husks and seeds, marigold extract (source of lutein). Technological additives: 10 g/kg of Clinoptilolite of sediment origin.
Guaranteed nutrient analysis of Royal Canin Veterinary Feline Renal wet recipe.
Maize, wheat gluten, maize flour, dehydrated poultry protein, wheat, maize gluten, animal fats, rice, vegetable fibers, hydrolyzed animal proteins, chicory pulp, fish oil, soya oil, minerals, tomato, psyllium husks and seeds, fructo‐oligo‐saccharides, New Zealand green‐lipped mussel extract (0.3%), hydrolyzed yeast, hydrolyzed crustaceans, borage oil, marigold extract, hydrolyzed cartilage.
Pork and chicken meats, pork and chicken livers, wheat flour, cellulose, wheat gluten, minerals, sunflower oil, fish oil, tomato powder (source of lycopen), lecithin, egg white dried, taurine, gelling agents, yeast hydrolysate, marigold meal, L‐carnitine, hydrolyzed crustacean, hydrolyzed cartilage, vitamins.
Target levels for P coming from soluble salts.