Javma research on home-cooked diets for chronic renal diseas

[Misskiwi67]

I just thought this was interesting and would pass it on. I will have to see if I can pick up the hard copy to see where the diet recipes were found.

J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2012 Mar 1;240(5):532-8.
Evaluation of recipes for home-prepared diets for dogs and cats with chronic kidney disease.
Larsen JA, Parks EM, Heinze CR, Fascetti AJ.
Source
Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA. jabones@ucdavis.edu
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate recipes of diets recommended for animals with chronic kidney disease (CKD), compare nutritional profiles for those recipes to requirements for adult dogs and cats, and assess their appropriateness for the management of CKD.
DESIGN:
Evaluation study.
SAMPLE:
Recipes of 67 home-prepared diets promoted for use in dogs (n = 39 recipes) and cats (28) with CKD.
PROCEDURES:
Recipes were analyzed with computer software to determine calories, macronutrient calorie distribution, and micronutrient concentrations and were assessed for appropriateness for the management of CKD.
RESULTS:
Assumptions were required for the analysis of every recipe, and no recipe met all National Research Council nutrient recommended allowances (RA) for adult animals. Compared with RAs, concentrations of crude protein or at least 1 amino acid were low in 30 of 39 (76.9%) canine recipes and 12 of 28 (42.9%) feline recipes. Choline was most commonly below the RA in both canine (37/39 [94.9%]) and feline (23/28 [82.1%]) recipes; selenium (34/39 [87.2%] canine and 9/28 [32.1 %] feline recipes), zinc (24/39 [61.5%] canine and 19/28 [67.9%] feline recipes), and calcium (22/39 [56.4%] canine and 7/28 [25.0%] feline recipes) concentrations were also frequently below recommendations. The median phosphorus concentration in canine and feline recipes was 0.58 and 0.69 g/1,000 kcal, respectively.
CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE:
Many problems with nutritional adequacy were detected, and use of the recipes could result in highly variable and often inappropriate diets. Many recipes would not meet nutritional and clinical needs of individual patients and should be used cautiously for long-term feeding.

[amelie]

Interesting stuff. Is there a copy that goes into more detail as far as what these diets were made with? Ingredients used and amounts.

[Misskiwi67]

Interesting stuff. Is there a copy that goes into more detail as far as what these diets were made with? Ingredients used and amounts.

I don't know if I can get access to it yet. I'm hoping one of my co-workers has the issue of JAVMA laying around somewhere, its reasonably recent. I tend to scan mine and then toss them, and somehow I missed this article.

[amelie]

That would be awesome if you could get ahold of that. I would be very interested in reading it.

[Misskiwi67]

Here are the recipes analyzed. I have access to the full print article, and while I cannot copy it for everyone, I can send a copy to anyone interested.

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