Nutritional Peculiarities and Diet Palatability in the Cat

Zaghini, Giuliano; Biagi, Giacomo

doi:10.1007/s11259-005-0009-1

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“…A taurina é altamente solúvel em água, quando os tecidos animais são cozidos em água, podem ocorrer reduções das quantidades de taurina da proteína animal (Zanghini & Biagi et al, 2005;Spitze et al, 2003;Case et al, 1998) mas, esta perda não ocorre quando os tecidos são assados (Spitze et al, 2003).…”

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The importance of additives in feeding dogs and cats: Literature review

Cappelli¹,

Manica²,

Hashimoto³

2016

Pubvet

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RESUMO.Os aditivos nas rações de cães e gatos passaram a ter grande importância no mercado de pet foods. Isto devido ao papel que os animais de estimação passaram a ocupar nos últimos anos, aproximando-se cada vez mais das pessoas e tornando-se dependentes dos seres humanos. O objetivo do estudo bibliográfico tem por finalidade destacar a importância dos aditivos, principalmente nas rações secas extrusadas, tratando das particularidades de ambas as espécies. Os aditivos tem a função de atender as exigências nutricionais que as matérias primas empregadas na fabricação das rações não fornecem. Além disso, existem aditivos que são capazes de gerar benefícios, tais como: aprimorar a digestibilidade; melhorar a qualidade das fezes e da microbiota intestinal; amenizar quadros clínicos que os animais podem sofrer, como problemas dermatológicos, intestinais e das articulações. Quando adicionados a alimentação de cães e gatos promovem benefícios ao animal a curto e longo prazo, aprimorando a saúde do pet.Palavras chave: Pet food, rações extrusadas, nutrição, saúde, animais pet. Importance of additives in feeding dogs and cats: ReviewABSTRACT. Additives in pet feed started to have big importance in the market. This due to the part of the pets passed to have in the last years, approaching more and more of the people e becoming dependents of human beings. The main of this study have the purpose to show the importance of the additives, principally in the extruded feed, addressing the particularities of both species. They function is to attempt the nutritional requirements that the feedstock used in the fabrication of pet feed don't supply. Furthermore, there are additives that are able to generate benefits, like: improving the digestibility; the faeces quality and the intestinal microbiota; ease medical conditions that animals can suffer, as skin, intestinal and articulations problems. They can provide benefits to animals in a short or a long time, improving health to pet when they are add in their feed.

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The importance of additives in feeding dogs and cats: Literature review

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Manica²,

Hashimoto³

2016

Pubvet

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“…Furthermore, olfactory acuity is diminished with ageing, adverse weather conditions, and drug use (ZAGHINI & BIAGI, 2005). Conversely, cat's taste, which is based on the carnivore pattern, has a pronounced effect on food preference; however, with further specialization.…”

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“…In the facial nerve, there are receptor units (amino acids, acid, and "x" units) that can positively or negatively respond to stimuli (discharges) generated by amino acids, nucleotides, sugars, sodium ion, phosphoric acid, sodium chloride (NaCl), and potassium chloride (KCl). According to ZAGHINI & BIAGI (2005), the most abundant units are responsive to some amino acids, and cats respond positively to proline, cysteine, ornithine, lysine, - histidine, and alanine, which are described as "sweet" by humans. Conversely, cats reject the "bitter" amino acids such as arginine, isoleucine, phenylalanine, and tryptophan, which inhibit these units.…”

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Palatability of cat food with sodium pyrophosphate and yeast extract

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“…Providing palatable food for pet cats is an important part of creating a positive experience in the everyday life of the animal and in extension, a part of animal welfare (Boissy et al 2009;Bradshaw, 1991). Cats are so sensitive to the palatability of their food that an unpalatable food item can be rejected to the extent that the cat develops medical Michaela Hanson Master Thesis (Applied Ethology and Animal Biology) University of Linkoping problems from starvation (Zaghini & Biagi, 2005). To understand how to best develop palatable food for cats one must raise the question; "What is palatable to a cat and how do we evaluate a cat's experience with a food item?".…”

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“…Tastes described as bitter by humans are usually avoided by cats. Bitter tastes can sometimes occur in commercial cat food because of the addition of important nutrients (Zaghini & Biagi, 2005). Quinine monohydrochloride, often described to have a distinct bitter taste, has been reported to be strongly disliked by cats (Carpenter, 1956).…”

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Facial expressions and other behavioral responses to pleasant and unpleasant tastes in cats (Felis silvestris catus)

Hanson

Jojola²,

Rawson³

et al. 2016

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

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Sammanfattning/Abstract:The behavior and facial expressions performed by cats have been reported to be visibly affected by the perceived taste quality of a food item. The goal of the present study was to assess how cats react to pleasant and unpleasant tastes. The facial and behavioral reactions of 13 cats to different concentrations of L-Proline and quinine monohydrochloride as well as mixtures with different concentrations of the two substances were assessed using a two-bottle preference test. The cats were videotaped during the tests and the frequency and duration of 50 different behaviors was analyzed in Noldus the Observer XT. The cats responded to tastes regarded as pleasant by having their eyes less than 50 % open for significantly longer periods of time compared to a water control. Tongue protrusions were also observed significantly more frequently when the cats sampled from a solution with a preferred taste compared to a water control. When encountering solutions of quinine monohydrochloride or mixtures containing quinine monohydrochloride the cats were observed to perform tongue protrusion gapes much more frequently compared to a water or L-Proline control. Even though the cats did not significantly differ in the number of times they licked at spouts containing the 50 mM L-Proline and 500 mM quinine monohydrochloride mixture compared to a 50 mM L-Proline, no masking effect could be confirmed as there was no increase in the acceptance of the mixture was observed. The present study suggests that the knowledge about behavioral responses to pleasant or unpleasant taste can be utilized in future studies on how cats perceive different tastes.

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Nutritional Peculiarities and Diet Palatability in the Cat

Cited by 42 publications

References 31 publications

The importance of additives in feeding dogs and cats: Literature review

The importance of additives in feeding dogs and cats: Literature review

Palatability of cat food with sodium pyrophosphate and yeast extract

Facial expressions and other behavioral responses to pleasant and unpleasant tastes in cats (Felis silvestris catus)

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