Commercial vs Homemade Cat Diets: What you need to know

被引:4
作者
Villaverde, Cecilia [1 ]
Chandler, Marge [2 ]
机构
[1] Expert Pet Nutr, Fermoy, Cork, Ireland
[2] VetsNow Referrals, Glasgow G3 7DA, Lanark, Scotland
关键词
Commercial cat food; homemade diets; nutrition; cat food regulations; nutritional deficiencies; cat food ingredients; NUTRITIONAL SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; PREPARED MAINTENANCE DIETS; TOTAL TRACT ENERGY; RISK-FACTORS; MACRONUTRIENT DIGESTIBILITY; UNITED-STATES; VEGAN DIETS; BODY-WEIGHT; CARBOHYDRATE; MANAGEMENT;
D O I
10.1177/1098612X221090389
中图分类号
S85 [动物医学(兽医学)];
学科分类号
0906 ;
摘要
Practical relevance A feeding plan recommendation for cats, both healthy and with disease, should include diet choice, amounts to feed and the feeding method. Diet choice can be complex owing to the abundance of products, sometimes with conflicting marketing messages, and the prevalence of information with no scientific basis. It is important to be aware of the specific challenges of both commercial and homemade diets. Moreover, a nutritional assessment is a prerequisite when recommending a diet to ensure that it is safe, appropriate for the cat's life stage and nutritious for long-term feeding. Commercial vs homemade diets There are a variety of commercial diets available, allowing considerable customisation. These products are regulated and can be tested to determine nutritional adequacy and safety, although as the industry is partly self-regulated, choice of manufacturer is important. Properly formulated homemade diets can be customised to the patient and are a good option when no commercial product that meets the patient's needs exists. Homemade diets can be an owner preference. A serious limitation is the lack of testing, potentially affecting safety and also resulting in a reliance on database information to determine nutritional adequacy. Generic homemade diet recipes (eg, sourced from the internet) have additional risks of deficiencies and imbalances, and are not recommended. Homemade diets should be devised by a veterinary nutrition specialist with consideration of both patient and owner factors. Clinical challenges Dietary misinformation, which is all too readily available on the internet, may result in owners making questionable feeding choices for their pets. A homemade diet may be requested by owners based on the perception that there are poor ingredients in commercial foods. The veterinary healthcare team needs to have good evidence-based information to present to owners about diet choice. Evidence base Several decades of research on feline nutrition forms the basis for nutritional requirements and dietary recommendations. There are varying degrees of evidence regarding requirements for each nutrient, and a lack of data on the effects of different types of processing on nutrient needs.
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