“…As an estimate to predict and compare the effect of diet on acid–base balance, the CAB of the diet based on the content of the cations Ca, Mg, Na and K and the anions P, Cl and S in DM was used (Langendorf and Lang, ; Harrington and Lemann, ; Oh, ; Remer, ; Riond, ; Poupin et al., ). In cats, dogs, pigs and horses, the relationship between CAB and urine pH has been investigated (Kienzle, ; Kienzle et al., , ; Behnsen, ; Kienzle and Wilms‐Eilers, ; Beker et al., ; DeRouchey et al., ; Stevenson et al., ; Röcker, ; Yamka and Mickelsen, ; Carciofi, ; Berchtold, ; Bartges et al., ; Jeremias et al., ; Pires et al., ; Chen and Shan, ; Goren et al., ), which allows a direct comparison with this study with rabbits. A special point was the comparison of rabbits with horses because in contrast to dogs, cats and pigs, rabbits and horses both excrete large amounts of calcium by urine (Schryver et al., ; Kamphues et al., ; Kamphues, ; Redrobe, ; Clauss and Hummel, ; Kienzle and Burger, ).…”