Bilgiç Bengü, Tarhan Duygu, Ateş Fatma, Parkan Yaramiş Çağla, Koenhemsi Lora, Or Mehmet Erman
Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey.
Department of Biophysics, School of Medicine, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Vet Med Sci. 2025 Jan;11(1):e70123. doi: 10.1002/vms3.70123.
Nutritional profiles and guidelines are determined by various associations to ensure optimum health of cats and provide pet food manufacturers nutritional recommendations to ensure the well-balanced and nutritionally adequate pet food.
It was aimed to determine some trace elements and macro minerals in prescription and non-prescription dry cat foods and compare the contents with the suggested guidelines to evaluate the potential in-compliance.
A total of 96 dry cat foods were evaluated. Cu, Fe, Mn, Se, Zn, Mg, Ca and P concentrations were analysed in prescription dry cat foods developed for gastrointestinal diseases-GI (n = 18), renal diseases-R (n = 15), urinary diseases-U (n = 8), obesity-O (n = 10) and non-prescription-N-P (n = 45) foods from different flavours and brands by ICP-OES.
Ten precent of the O group exceeded the upper limit, and 15.5% of the N-P group failed to provide a nutritional minimum level. 4.44% of prescription foods were below the minimum recommended Mn level according to the European Pet Food Industry Federation (FEDIAF), and 66% of N-P foods were below the minimum adult maintenance value recommended by the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO). One hundred percent non-compliance with the guidelines in the GI and U groups was recorded. 22.2% of the GI group was lower, and 5.55% of the GI group was higher than the recommended levels by FEDIAF, which reflects the 27.7% in compliance. While all the prescription foods have 100% compliance with the determined minimum level of guidelines, 11.1% of N-P foods were below the minimum recommended level. In compliance with the guidelines for Ca was noted in the O and U groups (10% and 12.5%, respectively). The P ratio in all prescription food groups except for GI was below the minimum level determined by AAFCO.
In all food groups, mean Cu, Fe, Mn, Mg, Ca and P concentrations were between the minimum and maximum limits recommended by FEDIAF. However, the mean Se level was above the upper legal limit in all food groups, and the Zn level was below the minimum recommended level in the N-P food group. Besides the mean values, a high number of foods in each group show a broad in-compliance with the guidelines.
各种协会制定营养概况和指南，以确保猫的最佳健康状态，并为宠物食品制造商提供营养建议，以确保宠物食品营养均衡且充足。
旨在测定处方和非处方干猫粮中的一些微量元素和常量矿物质，并将其含量与建议指南进行比较，以评估潜在的合规情况。
共评估了96种干猫粮。通过电感耦合等离子体发射光谱法（ICP-OES）分析了为胃肠道疾病-GI（n = 18）、肾脏疾病-R（n = 15）、泌尿系统疾病-U（n = 8）、肥胖症-O（n = 10）开发的处方干猫粮以及来自不同口味和品牌的非处方-N-P（n = 45）猫粮中的铜、铁、锰、硒、锌、镁、钙和磷浓度。
O组中有10%超过了上限，N-P组中有15.5%未达到营养最低水平。根据欧洲宠物食品工业联合会（FEDIAF）的标准，4.44%的处方食品低于推荐的锰最低水平，66%的N-P食品低于美国饲料管理官员协会（AAFCO）推荐的成年猫维持营养最低值。记录到GI组和U组中完全不符合指南。GI组中有22.2%低于FEDIAF推荐水平，5.55%高于该推荐水平，这表明合规率为27.7%。虽然所有处方食品都100%符合确定的指南最低水平，但11.1%的N-P食品低于推荐的最低水平。O组和U组中观察到钙符合指南（分别为10%和12.5%）。除GI组外，所有处方食品组中的磷比例均低于AAFCO确定的最低水平。
在所有食品组中，铜、铁、锰、镁、钙和磷的平均浓度均在FEDIAF推荐的最低和最高限值之间。然而，所有食品组中的硒平均水平高于法定上限，N-P食品组中的锌水平低于推荐的最低水平。除平均值外，每组中大量食品在很大程度上符合指南。
