Average daily intake of energyb
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Current study
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Calorie ‘restricted’ groupa
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Expected
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Long
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Exceptional
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MJ/day
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5.88
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5.84
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5.56
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5.15
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kcal/day
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1405
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1397
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1329
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1230
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Energy intake kcal/kg/day
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46.2
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46.2
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48
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≈46.5
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aGroup of Labrador retrievers fed 25 % less than their ‘Control’ fed pair; Kealy et al. [19, 25] and Lawler et al. [2]
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bMetabolic energy of the test diet fed was 3669 kcal/kg based on a Modified Atwater calculation