Ingredient composition | Analysis % |
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Control dieta
| Study dietb
| Nutrientf
| Control | Study |
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Maize | Chicken meal | Egg product | Protein (%) | 25.1 | 24.7 |
Chicken by-product meal | Chicken by-product meal | Brewer’s yeast | Fat (%) | 13.8 | 15.0 |
Maize gluten meal | Maize | FOSc
| Fibre (%) | 2.1 | 2.1 |
Soybean meal | Sorghum | sHMPd
| Ash (%) | 5.3 | 7.0 |
Animal fat | Barley | Linseed | Moisture (%) | 7.8 | 7.5 |
Palatant | Chicken fat |
l-carnitine | Vitamin E (IU/kg) | 163 | 328 |
Minerals | Fishmeal | Minerals | β-carotene (ppm) | 2.9 | 39 |
Vitamins | Palatant | Vitamins | GEg (kcal/kg) | 4716 | 4695 |
 | Beet pulp | Othere
| 6:3 fatty acidsh
| 19:1 | 9:1 |
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aThe control diet was nutritionally complete and balanced and formulated to be representative of a mid-tier adult dog food product
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bStudy diet was formulated to contain the same nutritional technologies found in the Eukanuba nutritional matrix for senior dogs (Eukanuba® Senior Maintenance Dog Food. For the study period reported this product was owned and manufactured by Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)
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cFructo-oligosaccharide
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dSodium hexametaphosphate
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eAvocado juice concentrate (<0.10Â %) was included in the diet matrix for 19 dogs
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fNutrient composition is actual laboratory analytical results expressed on as-fed basis
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gGross energy
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hRatio of dietary omega-6 fatty acids and omega-3 fatty acids