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Table VII-12
Impact of energy requirement on nutrient intake and minimum

recommendations

Example: Impact of energy requirement on dry matter and nutrient intake

4 kg cat 15 kg dog

MER 100kcal/kgBW 0.67 75kcal/kgBW 0.67 110kcal/kgBW 0.75 95kcal/kgBW 0.75

Daily energy intake 253kcal 189kcal 838kcal 724kcal

DM intake (400kcal/100g DM) 63g 47g 210g 181g

Total daily Zn requirement 4.75mg 15mg

Adequate Zn level 7.5 mg/100g DM 10.0 mg/100g DM 7.2 mg/100g DM 8.34 mg/100g DM

2.5 Impact of energy requirement on product formulation

Balanced nutrition ensuring adequate intakes of hour per day of low impact activity e.g. walking on the
energy, protein, minerals and vitamins is essential for lead, showed an average energy intake ranging from
cats and dogs to ensure health and longevity. In order 94 to 105kcal (Connor et al., 2000; Patil and Bisby, 2001;
to achieve the recommended intake of energy and Thes et al., 2012; Wichert et al., 1999). These findings
nutrients, products must be formulated to match these have been acknowledged by Fediaf through the
needs. The Fediaf recommendations are principally introduction of separate nutrient recommendations for
based on NRC (2006) as well as on other peer reviewed adult dogs with a maintenance energy requirement of
science as referenced in the substantiation tables. Major 95kcal/ kgBW (724kcal/d).
0.75
differences between Fediaf and NRC recommendations Fediaf recommendations for normal active adult cats
for adult cats and dogs are driven by a systematic are in accordance with NRC (2006) assuming a daily
adjustment applied to all essential nutrients due to energy requirement of 100kcal/kgBW /d (253kcal/d).
0.67
different assumptions on daily maintenance energy For indoor and/or neutered adult cats the average
requirements. maintenance energy requirement is estimated to be
The NRC (2006) adult maintenance recommendations 75kcal/kgBW /d (189kcal/d) (Fettman et al., 1997,
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for dogs are based on an average maintenance Harper et al., 2001). Strict indoor living in combination
energy requirement of 130kcal/kgBW /d (1000 kcal with neutering becomes increasingly applicable for
0.75
ME/d), which is the average energy intake observed adult pet cats in Europe. This is acknowledged in
in laboratory kennel dogs or active pet dogs. Fediaf common with findings in dogs by introduction of
however takes a different approach and uses an average separate nutrient recommendations for adult cats
energy requirement of 110kcal/ kgBW /d (838kcal/d) consuming 75kcal/kgBW /d .
0.75
0.67
as basis for the adult maintenance recommendations, Are differences in energy intake affecting nutritional
which is typical for dogs with 1-3 hours of low impact recommendations?
activity or less than 1 hour high impact activity (Burger The approach to provide nutrient recommendations
et al.,1994; Connor et al., 2000, Kealy et al., 2002). Studies expressed as units/1000kcal or MJ recognises the close
investigating the maintenance energy requirement of relationship between energy and nutrient intake.
adult pet dogs in single pet households with less than 1 However the energy needs may be satisfied before the

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