The nutritional requirements of cats
Gershoff, S.N.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 134(3): 139-141
1959
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-1488 PMID: 13620608 Document Number: 2765
The author's personal experience and a review of recent studies on cat nutrition provide the following information. 1) Weanlings need approximately 250 calories per day per kilogram of body weight, while kittens several months old and inactive adults need only about 150 and 60 calories, respectively. 2) Although precise fat requirements are not known, high-fat diets are more palatable and appear necessary for best growth when purified rations are fed. 3) Protein requirements of cats seem to be higher than of other animals, including dogs. 4) Diets containing as much as 30 per cent ash have been fed to cats for a year without causing urinary calculi. 5) Clinical signs of avitaminosis are tabulated, as are the vitamin supplements given to cats at the author's and one other laboratory.
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