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Table 1 Composition and nutritive value of diets and their constituents

From: Raw meat based diet influences faecal microbiome and end products of fermentation in healthy dogs

Chemical composition

RD/CD

MD

Complement

Beef meat

Dry matter

%

90.0

57.6

93.0

35.5

Crude protein

%/DM

26.7

26.2

11.9

49.6

Crude fat

%/DM

10.6

18.2

4.1

41.4

Crude fiber

%/DM

2.8

0.7

1.2

-

Ash

%/DM

10.0

4.3

5.5

2.3

Ca

%/DM

0.90

0.70

1.16

0.04

P

%/DM

0.70

0.40

0.31

0.48

Metabolizable Energy

kcal/100 g DM

358

442

347

598

  1. RD Reference Diet, extruded diet fed until the beginning of the experimental period (T0), CD The same RD diet used as Control Diet during the experiment, MD Experimental Mixed Diet