Analysis of recipes of home-prepared diets for dogs and cats published in Portuguese
dc.contributor.author | Pedrinelli, Vivian | |
dc.contributor.author | Gomes, Márcia De O. S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Carciofi, Aulus C. | |
dc.contributor.institution | Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) | |
dc.contributor.institution | Universidade de São Paulo (USP) | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-12-11T17:23:30Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-12-11T17:23:30Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-07-03 | |
dc.description.abstract | The present study evaluated recipes of home-prepared diets for dogs and cats published in Portuguese. A total of 106 diets were evaluated: eighty for dogs, twenty-four for cats and two intended for both species. A commercial software package was used to analyse the diets, and an ingredient chemical composition database was built based on the Brazilian Tables of Food Composition and United States Department of Agriculture Nutrient Database. The estimated chemical composition of each recipe was compared with the Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (Fédération Européenne de L'industrie des Aliments Pour Animaux Familiers; FEDIAF, 2014) recommendations for maintenance (as units/MJ). Most recipes (48 %) had no precise determination of ingredients and quantities. All diets had at least one nutrient below the recommendations, and all investigated nutrients were deficient in at least one diet. The most frequent nutrients below recommendation were: Fe (68·3 % of the recipes for dogs; 100 % of the recipes for cats); vitamin E (82·9 % of the dog recipes; 84·6 % of the cat recipes); Zn (75·6 % for dogs; 88·4 % for cats); Ca (73·2 % for dogs; 73 % for cats); Cu (85·4 % for dogs; 69·2 % for cats); choline (85·4 % for dogs; 69·2 % for cats); riboflavin (65·8 % for dogs; 11·5 % for cats); thiamine (39 % for dogs; 80·7 % for cats); and vitamin B12 (61 % for dogs; 34·6 % for cats). These recipes may potentially expose animals to nutritional deficiencies, and it is important to inform the owners of the risks of providing home-prepared diets. Better training of professionals that intend to prescribe home-prepared diets is advisable. | en |
dc.description.affiliation | Department of Veterinary Clinic and Surgery, College of Agrarian and Veterinarian Sciences, UNESP – Sao Paulo State University, Via de Acesso Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, Jaboticabal, SP, 14884-900, Brazil | |
dc.description.affiliation | Department of Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of Sao Paulo (USP) – São Paulo, Av. Prof. Dr. Orlando Marques de Paiva, 87, São Paulo, SP, 13690-970, Brazil | |
dc.identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jns.2017.31 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Nutritional Science. | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1017/jns.2017.31 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2048-6790 | |
dc.identifier.scopus | 2-s2.0-85021753881 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11449/177014 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Nutritional Science | |
dc.relation.ispartofsjr | 0,984 | |
dc.rights.accessRights | Acesso restrito | |
dc.source | Scopus | |
dc.subject | Cat nutrition | |
dc.subject | Dog nutrition | |
dc.subject | Home-made diets | |
dc.subject | Nutritional deficiency | |
dc.title | Analysis of recipes of home-prepared diets for dogs and cats published in Portuguese | en |
dc.type | Artigo | |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
unesp.author.lattes | 4620650316029248[3] | |
unesp.author.orcid | 0000-0003-3859-3983[3] | |
unesp.department | Clínica e Cirurgia Veterinária - FCAV | pt |