Tuesday, August 26, 2008

A rough summary of the NRC requirements can be found at "Your Cat's Nutritional Needs" or at the National Acadamy Press site at the "download free" button.

4 comments:

Unknown said...

Where are the phenylalanine and L-tyrosine requirements? These are essential as I understand it.

Pat said...

Hi Esther;
If you read correctly, the information is taken directly from the National Research Council, so you would have to take the question up with them.

Unknown said...

Hello; peaceful greetings. Thank you for sharing this information. There is a lot of conflicting and nebulous information out there regarding feline nutrition. This weblog seems to be the best source on daily values I have found so far. I was wondering if you might be able to clear up a few things, please: Are the values per kg. or per lb.? Are the safe upper limits also per unit, or for any size domestic cat at all? The Omega6 : Omega3 ratio seems backward from other sources I had consulted -- could you verify or correct the information on your blog? I very much appreciate the time and effort already invested in this very informative blog, and will most definitely appreciate attention to this comment and my requests. Thank you very much. Have a wonderful and blessed day.

Unknown said...

Hello; peaceful greetings. Thank you for sharing this information. There is a lot of conflicting and nebulous information out there regarding feline nutrition. This weblog seems to be the best source on daily values I have found so far. I was wondering if you might be able to clear up a few things, please: Are the values per kg. or per lb.? Are the safe upper limits also per unit, or for any size domestic cat at all? The Omega6 : Omega3 ratio seems backward from other sources I had consulted -- could you verify or correct the information on your blog? I very much appreciate the time and effort already invested in this very informative blog, and will most definitely appreciate attention to this comment and my requests. Thank you very much. Have a wonderful and blessed day.