Beyond the bowl: understanding amino acid requirements and digestibility to improve protein quality metrics for dog and cat foods

Authors: Pawanpreet Singh, Sydney Banton, Guido Bosch, Wouter H Hendriks, Anna K Shoveller

There has been a shift toward researchers using the indicator amino acid oxidation (IAAO) techniqueTechnique for the determination of AA requirementsRequirement in humans, and recently in dogsDog. However, the determination of AA requirementsRequirement specific to adult dogsDog and catsCat at maintenanceMaintenance is lacking and the current requirementsRequirement outlined by the National Research Council are based on a dearth of data and are likely underreporting the requirementsRequirement of indispensable AA (IAA) for the population.

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