Increasing the urine volume (addition of mannitol) reduces simultaneously the saturation of urine with struvite and calcium oxalate. This promotes a urinary environment unfavourable to development of both struvite and calcium oxalate uroliths.
| Recommended daily quantities (g/day): Water should be available at all times | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cat´s weight (kg) | Thin | Thin | Normal | Normal | Overweight | Overweight |
| g/day | cups/day | g/day | cups/day | g/day | cups/day | |
| 2 | 35 | 4/8 | 30 | 3/8 | - | - |
| 3 | 55 | 6/8 | 45 | 4/8 | - | - |
| 4 | 70 | 7/8 | 55 | 6/8 | 45 | 5/8 |
| 5 | - | - | 70 | 7/8 | 60 | 6/8 |
| 6 | - | - | 85 | 1 1/8 | 70 | 7/8 |
| 7 + | - | - | - | - | 80 | 1 |
maize flour, wheat gluten*, dehydrated poultry meat, maize, rice, animal fats, maize gluten, barley, vegetable fibres, hydrolysed animal proteins, minerals, soya oil, chicory pulp, fish oil, fructo-oligo-saccharides, psyllium husks and seeds, L-lysine, DL-methionine, yeast extract (source of manno-oligo-saccharides), potassium citrate, taurine, egg powder, marigold extract (source of lutein), hydrolysed crustaceans (source of glucosamine), L-carnitine, hydrolysed cartilage (source of chondroitin) *L.I.P.: protein selected for its very high assimilation.
| Arachidonic acid (%) | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Ash (%) | 5.3 |
| Crude fibre (%) | 4.5 |
| Dietary fibre (%) | 11.1 |
| EPA/DHA (%) | 0.42 |
| [fat] (%) | 15.0 |
| Linoleic acid (%) | 3.6 |
| Metabolisable energy (calculated according to NRC85) (kcal/kg) | 3662.0 |
| Metabolisable energy (measured) (kcal/kg) | 3895.0 |
| Moisture (%) | 7.0 |
| Nitrogen-free extract (NFE) (%) | 40.2 |
| Omega 3 (%) | 0.8 |
| Omega 6 (%) | 3.7 |
| Protein (%) | 28.0 |
| Starch (%) | 33.6 |
| Arginine (%) | 1.3 |
|---|---|
| DL-methionine (%) | 0.9 |
| Glucosamine chloride (mg/kg) | 390.0 |
| L-carnitine (mg/kg) | 50.0 |
| L-lysine (%) | 1.2 |
| Lutein (mg/kg) | 5.0 |
| Methionine Cystine (%) | 1.4 |
| Taurine (mg/kg) | 2100.0 |
| Biotin (mg/kg) | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| Choline (mg/kg) | 2500.0 |
| Folic acid (mg/kg) | 14.8 |
| Vitamin A (UI/kg) | 22000.0 |
| Vitamin B1 Thiamin (mg/kg) | 25.0 |
| Vitamin B12 Cyanocobalamin (mg/kg) | 0.16 |
| Vitamin B2 Riboflavin (mg/kg) | 51.0 |
| Vitamin B3 Niacin (mg/kg) | 161.0 |
| Vitamin B5 Pantothenic acid (mg/kg) | 57.0 |
| Vitamin B6 Pyridoxine (mg/kg) | 44.0 |
| Vitamin C (mg/kg) | 300.0 |
| Vitamin D3 (UI/kg) | 700.0 |
| Vitamin E (mg/kg) | 600.0 |
| Calcium (%) | 0.75 |
|---|---|
| Chlorine (%) | 0.56 |
| Copper (mg/kg) | 24.0 |
| Iodine (mg/kg) | 4.0 |
| Iron (mg/kg) | 127.0 |
| Magnesium (%) | 0.08 |
| Manganese (mg/kg) | 89.0 |
| Phosphorus (%) | 0.62 |
| Potassium (%) | 0.69 |
| Selenium (mg/kg) | 0.13 |
| Sodium (%) | 0.32 |
| Zinc (mg/kg) | 254.0 |
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