Abstract

TORRES-VARGAS, Mario  and  WINGCHIG-JONES, Rodolfo. Recomendaciones nutricionales de alimentos balanceados de perros y gatos registrados en Costa Rica. Cuadernos de Investigación UNED [online]. 2021, vol.13, n.2, e3385. ISSN 1659-4266.  http://dx.doi.org/10.22458/urj.v13i2.3385.

''Nutritional recommendations for dog and cat commercial food in Costa Rica”. Introduction: The nutritional analysis of commercial food helps optimize its use and the pets' nutrition, and there are no recent analyses of this type for Costa Rica. Objective: To recommend pet foods according to the physiological state, level of activity and weight of cats and dogs in Costa Rica. Methods: Products registered at the government's Directorate for Animal Food were analyzed for nutritional information (2017) and animal requirements using three equations for cats and nine for dogs. Results: Of the average package recommendations, 71% would provide insufficient nutrition for dogs, and 63% insufficient nutrition for cats. Conclusions: Most commercial food products available in Costa Rica recommend amounts that are insufficient to meet the needs of many cats and dogs.

Keywords : Requirement; food consumption; body weight; physiological stages; commercial feed.

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