Urine dilution makes the urine less liable to form struvite and calcium oxalate stones.
| Recommended daily quantities (g/day): Water should be available at all times | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dog's | thin | thin | normal | normal | overweight | overweight |
| weight | grammes | cups | grammes | cups | grammes | cups |
| 2 kg | 70 | 6/8 | 55 | 5/8 | 40 | 4/8 |
| 3 kg | 95 | 1 | 75 | 7/8 | 55 | 5/8 |
| 4 kg | 115 | 1 2/8 | 90 | 1 | 70 | 6/8 |
| 5 kg | 135 | 1 4/8 | 110 | 1 2/8 | 80 | 7/8 |
| 6 kg | 155 | 1 6/8 | 125 | 1 3/8 | 90 | 1 |
| 7 kg | 170 | 1 7/8 | 140 | 1 4/8 | 105 | 1 1/8 |
| 8 kg | 190 | 2 1/8 | 150 | 1 5/8 | 115 | 1 2/8 |
| 9 kg | 205 | 2 2/8 | 165 | 1 6/8 | 125 | 1 3/8 |
| 10 kg | 225 | 2 4/8 | 180 | 2 | 135 | 1 4/8 |
COMPOSITION: rice, maize, dehydrated poultry meat, animal fats, maize gluten, wheat gluten*, vegetable fibres, beet pulp, hydrolysed animal proteins, minerals, fish oil, soya oil, fructo-oligo-saccharides, green tea extracts (source of polyphenols), marigold extract (source of lutein). ADDITIVES (per kg): Nutritional additives: Vitamin A: 27300 IU, Vitamin D3: 1000 IU, E1 (Iron): 41 mg, E2 (Iodine): 2.8 mg, E4 (Copper): 9 mg, E5 (Manganese): 54 mg, E6 (Zinc): 203 mg, E8 (Selenium): 0.1 mg - Technological additives: Pentasodium triphosphate: 3 g - Preservatives - Antioxidants. ANALYTICAL CONSTITUENTS: Protein: 25% - Fat content: 16% - Crude ash: 5.4% - Crude fibres: 4.5%. *L.I.P.: protein selected for its very high assimilation.
| Arachidonic acid (%) | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Ash (%) | 5.4 |
| Crude fibre (%) | 4.5 |
| Dietary fibre (%) | 11.2 |
| EPA/DHA (%) | 0.3 |
| [fat] (%) | 16.0 |
| Linoleic acid (%) | 2.99 |
| Metabolisable energy (calculated according to NRC85) (kcal/kg) | 3621.0 |
| Metabolisable energy (measured) (kcal/kg) | 3865.0 |
| Moisture (%) | 9.5 |
| Nitrogen-free extract (NFE) (%) | 39.6 |
| Omega 3 (%) | 0.68 |
| Omega 6 (%) | 3.17 |
| Protein (%) | 25.0 |
| Starch (%) | 32.9 |
| Arginine (%) | 1.26 |
|---|---|
| DL-methionine (%) | 0.76 |
| L-carnitine (mg/kg) | 50.0 |
| L-lysine (%) | 0.91 |
| Lutein (mg/kg) | 5.0 |
| Methionine Cystine (%) | 1.17 |
| Taurine (mg/kg) | 2800.0 |
| Polyphenols from green tea and grapes (mg/kg) | 700.0 |
| Biotin (mg/kg) | 3.33 |
|---|---|
| Choline (mg/kg) | 1600.0 |
| Folic acid (mg/kg) | 14.0 |
| Vitamin A (UI/kg) | 34000.0 |
| Vitamin B1 Thiamin (mg/kg) | 28.3 |
| Vitamin B12 Cyanocobalamin (mg/kg) | 0.15 |
| Vitamin B2 Riboflavin (mg/kg) | 50.1 |
| Vitamin B3 Niacin (mg/kg) | 490.0 |
| Vitamin B5 Pantothenic acid (mg/kg) | 152.2 |
| Vitamin B6 Pyridoxine (mg/kg) | 78.4 |
| Vitamin C (mg/kg) | 300.0 |
| Vitamin D3 (UI/kg) | 1000.0 |
| Vitamin E (mg/kg) | 600.0 |
| Calcium (%) | 0.7 |
|---|---|
| Chlorine (%) | 1.18 |
| Copper (mg/kg) | 15.0 |
| Iodine (mg/kg) | 2.8 |
| Iron (mg/kg) | 149.0 |
| Magnesium (%) | 0.07 |
| Manganese (mg/kg) | 70.0 |
| Phosphorus (%) | 0.6 |
| Potassium (%) | 0.65 |
| Selenium (mg/kg) | 0.16 |
| Sodium (%) | 0.7 |
| Zinc (mg/kg) | 234.0 |
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