33. DAILY NUTRIENT ALLOWANCES: CAT 



Values were derived from a basal diet composed of 40-50 percent meat products (lungs, spleen, hearts, kid- 

 neys, beef tongue gullets), with the remainder a mixture of soybean flour, skim milk powder, bone flour, 

 and tomato puree. A failure of female cats to give birth to healthy, viable young, and/or to lactate oc- 

 curs on this diet. The deficiency is overcome by supplementary feedings of fresh beef or liver or whole 

 milk. The final body weight is greater in cats fed raw (unprocessed) mixtures than in those fed the 

 processed form. 



Nutrients 

 per kg body 

 weight per day 



Specifications 



Growth 



Raw 

 Feed 



Canned 

 Feed 



Maintenance 



Raw 

 Feed 



Canned 

 Feed 



(A) 



(B) 



(C) 



(D) 



(E) 



Water 



Calories, metabolizable 



Total feed 



Residue^, g 



Frotein, g 



Carbohydrate , g 



Fat, g 



"Essential" fatty acids 



123 



0.6 



103 

 0.5 



"9Tr 



9.8 

 2.7 



76 



0.38 



87 



o.';3 



11.7 



11.7 

 3.2 



7.25 



7.25 

 2 



5.3 



8.3 

 2.3 



Vitamin A, calc . as 



p-carotene^, jig 

 Ascorbic acid 



Blotln 



Choline 



Cobalamln3 



Vitamin D, calc . as 



calciferol^, (ig 

 Vitamin e5 



Folic acid group^ 

 Inositol 

 Vitamin yP 

 Niacin^, mg 

 Pantothenic acid 



Para-aminobenzolc acid 

 Pyridoxlne group^ 

 R ibof la V Ine , mg 

 Thiamine, mg 



81 



67.2 



0.48 



2.3 



0.32 

 0.05 



0.4 



0.26 

 0.04 



49.8 



0.29 



1.4 



0.19 

 0.03 



"^TST 



57 



0.33 



1.6 



0.22 

 0.04 



"UT^T" 



Calcium, g 



Chlorine 

 Cobalt 

 Copper 

 Fluor ine 

 Iodine 



Iron 



Magnesium 

 Manganese 

 Phosphorus , g 

 Potassium 



Silicon 

 Sodium 

 Sulfur 

 Zinc 



0.63 



0.53 



0.4 



0.33 



0.24 



0.28 



/l/ Fibre. /2/ 0,6 ug p. carotene = one I. U. /3/ A generic term including cyanocobalamln (vitamin Bj^j) ^""^ 1*^ 

 hydrogenatlon product (known variously as B^pn or Bj^2b) which has approximately the same biological activity. 

 /4/ 0.025 |ig calciferol = one I. U. /5/ A generic term for alpha-, beta-, delta-, and gamma -tocopherols. 

 /6/ Folic acid is not a chemical entity, but a generic term for pteroylglutamlc acid (folacln), vitamin M, vita- 

 min Bg, factor U, L. easel factor, Norlte eluate factor, /l / The antl-hemorrhaglc factor. A generic term for 

 vitamin Ki (2-methyl-3-phytyl-l,4-naphthoquinone), synthetic vitamin K (menadione = 2-methyl-l,4-naphthoquinone), 

 and vitamin K2 (2-iiiethyl-3-dlfarne8yl-l,U-naphthoquinone) . /8/ The term Is used here as a generic term for 

 nicotinic acid (niacin), nicotinic acid amide (nicotinamide); also for pellagra preventive (P. P.) factor, antl- 

 blacktongue factor. /9/ Includes pyridoxlne, pyrldoxal, and pyrldoxamlne. 



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