Because of their size, texture and shape Dental kibbles have a mild abrasive effect on dental plaque and tartar when chewed.
Sodium polyphosphate binds salivary calcium, making it unavailable for tartar formation.
Increased amounts of a synergistic complex (niacin, pantothenic acid, choline, inositol and histidine) reduces transepidermal water loss and enhances the barrier effect of the skin.
Increasing the urine volume helps reduce saturation of urine with both struvite and calcium oxalate in small dogs predisposed to urolithiasis.
Urine dilution makes the urine less liable to form struvite and calcium oxalate stones.
| Recommended daily quantities (g/day): Water should be available at all times | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dog's | thin | thin | normal | normal | overweight | overweight |
| weight | grammes | cups | grammes | cups | grammes | cups |
| 2 kg | 70 | 6/8 | 55 | 5/8 | 40 | 4/8 |
| 3 kg | 95 | 1 | 75 | 7/8 | 55 | 5/8 |
| 4 kg | 115 | 1 2/8 | 90 | 1 | 70 | 6/8 |
| 5 kg | 135 | 1 4/8 | 110 | 1 2/8 | 80 | 7/8 |
| 6 kg | 155 | 1 6/8 | 125 | 1 3/8 | 90 | 1 |
| 7 kg | 170 | 1 7/8 | 140 | 1 4/8 | 105 | 1 1/8 |
| 8 kg | 190 | 2 1/8 | 150 | 1 5/8 | 115 | 1 2/8 |
| 9 kg | 205 | 2 2/8 | 165 | 1 6/8 | 125 | 1 3/8 |
| 10 kg | 225 | 2 4/8 | 180 | 2 | 135 | 1 4/8 |
COMPOSITION: rice, maize, dehydrated poultry meat, animal fats, maize gluten, wheat gluten*, vegetable fibres, beet pulp, hydrolysed animal proteins, minerals, fish oil, soya oil, fructo-oligo-saccharides, green tea extracts (source of polyphenols), marigold extract (source of lutein). ADDITIVES (per kg): Nutritional additives: Vitamin A: 27300 IU, Vitamin D3: 1000 IU, E1 (Iron): 41 mg, E2 (Iodine): 2.8 mg, E4 (Copper): 9 mg, E5 (Manganese): 54 mg, E6 (Zinc): 203 mg, E8 (Selenium): 0.1 mg - Technological additives: Pentasodium triphosphate: 3 g - Preservatives - Antioxidants. ANALYTICAL CONSTITUENTS: Protein: 25% - Fat content: 16% - Crude ash: 5.4% - Crude fibres: 4.5%. *L.I.P.: protein selected for its very high assimilation.
| Arachidonic acid (%) | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Ash (%) | 5.4 |
| Crude fibre (%) | 4.5 |
| Dietary fibre (%) | 11.2 |
| EPA/DHA (%) | 0.3 |
| [fat] (%) | 16.0 |
| Linoleic acid (%) | 2.99 |
| Metabolisable energy (calculated according to NRC85) (kcal/kg) | 3621.0 |
| Metabolisable energy (measured) (kcal/kg) | 3865.0 |
| Moisture (%) | 9.5 |
| Nitrogen-free extract (NFE) (%) | 39.6 |
| Omega 3 (%) | 0.68 |
| Omega 6 (%) | 3.17 |
| Protein (%) | 25.0 |
| Starch (%) | 32.9 |
| Arginine (%) | 1.26 |
|---|---|
| DL-methionine (%) | 0.76 |
| L-carnitine (mg/kg) | 50.0 |
| L-lysine (%) | 0.91 |
| Lutein (mg/kg) | 5.0 |
| Methionine Cystine (%) | 1.17 |
| Taurine (mg/kg) | 2800.0 |
| Polyphenols from green tea and grapes (mg/kg) | 700.0 |
| Biotin (mg/kg) | 3.33 |
|---|---|
| Choline (mg/kg) | 1600.0 |
| Folic acid (mg/kg) | 14.0 |
| Vitamin A (UI/kg) | 34000.0 |
| Vitamin B1 Thiamin (mg/kg) | 28.3 |
| Vitamin B12 Cyanocobalamin (mg/kg) | 0.15 |
| Vitamin B2 Riboflavin (mg/kg) | 50.1 |
| Vitamin B3 Niacin (mg/kg) | 490.0 |
| Vitamin B5 Pantothenic acid (mg/kg) | 152.2 |
| Vitamin B6 Pyridoxine (mg/kg) | 78.4 |
| Vitamin C (mg/kg) | 300.0 |
| Vitamin D3 (UI/kg) | 1000.0 |
| Vitamin E (mg/kg) | 600.0 |
| Calcium (%) | 0.7 |
|---|---|
| Chlorine (%) | 1.18 |
| Copper (mg/kg) | 15.0 |
| Iodine (mg/kg) | 2.8 |
| Iron (mg/kg) | 149.0 |
| Magnesium (%) | 0.07 |
| Manganese (mg/kg) | 70.0 |
| Phosphorus (%) | 0.6 |
| Potassium (%) | 0.65 |
| Selenium (mg/kg) | 0.16 |
| Sodium (%) | 0.7 |
| Zinc (mg/kg) | 234.0 |
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