NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CAT FOODS AVAILABLE IN BANGLADESH MARKET

Abstract

The study was carried out to determine the differences in the chemical content of several varieties of adult cat food available in Bangladesh.Three different brands of adult cat food were collected from study area.The samples were chemically analyzed in triplicate for moisture, dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP), crude fiber (CF), ether extract (EE), and total ash (TA) in the Animal Nutrition Laboratory at Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chattogram, Bangladesh. The mean values of the adult cat foods revealed that DM, CP, CF,EE and TA were 93.62%, 30.93%, 1.76%, 7.49%, and 6.9%, respectively for different brands.The percentage of proximate component examined in the laboratory differed slightly from the labeled value of the all brand. Overall, all the brands met or exceeded the minimum standard.