An extensively hydrolysed protein-based extruded diet in the treatment of dogs with chronic enteropathy and at least one previous diet-trial failure: a pilot uncontrolled open-label study

Table 6 Composition of the study diet

Diet component	Amount ^a
Metabolisable energy content ^b	16,250 kJ / 3884 kcal
Moisture, g	16.7
Protein, g	46
Crude fat, g	43
Dietary fibre, g	15
Crude fibre, g	5.7
Crude ash, g	22.7
Nitrogen-free extract, g	124
Ingredients	Maize starch, poultry feather hydrolysate with low molecular weight (source of L- amino acids and oligopeptides), copra oil, soya oil, minerals, vegetable fibres, chicory pulp, fructo-oligosaccharides, fish oil, mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids esterified with citric acid, animal fat, marigold extract (source of lutein), vitamins

^a Besides metabolizable energy content, all amounts are expressed as grams per Mcal of metabolizable energy content of the diet. ^b Metabolizable energy content (in kJ / Kcal) per kilogram of food, as fed, calculated using the predictive equation recommended by the National Research Council [56]

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