title: Macronutrients in feline health.
abstract: Dietary macronutrients include protein, fat, and carbohydrates. Current nutritional recommendations establish minimums but not maximums for protein and fat but not for carbohydrates; thus, commercial feline maintenance diets have a wide range of macronutrient distribution depending on manufacturer, ingredients, and processing. There is growing interest and discussion, however, in defining the ideal macronutrient composition of feline diets to maximize longevity and health. Current recommendations should be tailored to each patient based on age, body condition, presence of muscle mass atrophy, and the presence of disease.
authors.affiliation: Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments (Animal and Food Science Department), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Edifici V, Campus UAB, Bellaterra 08193, Spain. Electronic address: cecilia.villaverde@uab.cat.
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Villaverde
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8741, USA.
authors.forename: Andrea J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Fascetti
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed / Q000592:standards*; D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats / Q000502:physiology*; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D009751:Nutritional Requirements
chemical_list: D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D004041:Dietary Fats; D004044:Dietary Proteins
keywords: Carbohydrates; Fat; Feline; Nutrition; Protein