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Nutrient requirements of dogs / Subcommittee on Dog Nutrition, Committee on Animal Nutrition, Board on Agriculture, National Research Council.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- National Research Council (U.S.). Subcommittee on Dog Nutrition.
- Series:
- Nutrient requirements of domestic animals (Unnumbered)
- Nutrient requirements of domestic animals
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dogs--Food.
- Dogs.
- Animal nutrition.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 79 pages)
- Edition:
- Revised 1985.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1985.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume, which replaces the 1974 edition, provides from current published sources a summary of the minimum dietary requirements of essential nutrients for dogs. Common signs of deficiencies and toxicity are discussed, along with the criteria for arriving at energy and nutrient requirements. The new edition contains recommendations for available nutrient content of representative commercial dog foods expressed on the basis of metabolizable energy content, which should lead to greater uniformity in the nutritional adequacy of foods with varying caloric density and facilitate meaningful comparisons of such products.
- Contents:
- Nutrient Requirements of Dogs
- Copyright
- Preface
- Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Nutrient Requirements and Signs of Deficiency
- ENERGY
- Requirements for Adult Maintenance
- Requirements for Growth
- Requirements for Reproduction and Lactation
- Requirements for Work and Adverse Environmental Conditions
- Signs of Deficiency
- FAT
- Dietary Fat Concentration
- Essential Fatty Acids
- Recommendation
- CARBOHYDRATES
- PROTEIN AND AMINO ACIDS
- Signs of Deficiencies
- Amino Acid Requirements
- Indispensable
- Protein Digestibility
- Dispensable Amino Acids And Total Nitrogen
- MINERALS
- Calcium and Phosphorus
- Requirements
- Signs Of Deficiency And Imbalance
- Potassium
- Sodium and Chlorine
- Magnesium
- Iron
- Signs Of Deficiency
- Toxicity
- Copper
- Manganese
- Zinc
- Iodine
- Selenium
- Fluorine
- Elements Required at Trace Concentrations
- VITAMINS
- Vitamin A
- Hypervitaminosis A
- Vitamin D
- Hypervitaminosis D
- Vitamin E
- Vitamin K
- Hypervitaminosis K
- Thiamin
- Signs Of Deficiency And Pathology
- Hypervitaminosis Thiamin
- Riboflavin
- Hypervitaminosis Riboflavin
- Pantothenic Acid
- Hypervitaminosis Pantothenic Acid
- Niacin (Nicotinic Acid, Nicotinamide)
- Hypervitaminosis Niacin
- Vitamin B6
- Hypervitaminosis Vitamin B6
- Folacin
- Hypervitaminosis Folacin
- Biotin
- Vitamin B12
- Hypervitaminosis B12
- Choline
- Requirements.
- Signs Of Deficiency
- Excess Dietary Choline
- Vitamin C
- 3 Water
- 4 Composition of Ingredients of Dog Foods
- INTERNATIONAL NOMENCLATURE
- INTERNATIONAL FEED CLASSES
- INTERNATIONAL FEED NUMBER (IFN)
- CAROTENE CONVERSION
- DATA
- METABOLIZABLE ENERGY (ME)
- 5 Formulated Diets for Dogs
- DRY DOG FOODS
- SEMIMOIST DOG FOODS
- CANNED DOG FOODS
- Tables
- References
- Index
- Other Titles in the Series.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliography: p. 63-75 and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-22223-9
- 9786610222230
- 0-309-57448-X
- 0-585-03742-6
- OCLC:
- 70735683
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