Palatability assessment of prescribed diets on domestic short hair cats

Zaki, Ahmad Harris Hakim (2020) Palatability assessment of prescribed diets on domestic short hair cats. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

The value of petfood industry especially prescribed diet continues to increase exponentially for the past few years. This is due to an increase awareness among pet owners towards providing healthy lifestyle for their pets. Palatability of these prescribed diet can be influenced by many factors including aroma, flavour, texture and shape of the food. This study was conducted to determine the palatability of prescribed diet for Domestic Short Hair cats. The two-bowl method to assess palatability was performed on five Domestic Short Hair cats for six days. Four types of prescribed diet assessed in this study were Struvite, Renal, Hypersensitivity and Intestinal. Palatability of pet food were assessed by ‘First Approached’, ‘First Consumed’, Total consumption and intake ratios. From our findings, total consumption and intake ratios were significantly different in Struvite, Renal and Intestinal diet when compared to Hypersensitivity diet. This indicates the hypersensitivity diet is the most unpalatable in comparison to other diets. Detailed investigation on the ingredients shows that Hypersensitivity diet lacks in herbs and spices in comparison to the other three diets. These ingredients lacking in the Hypersensitivity diet influences the palatability of the petfood

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Depositing User:	Ms Nurhaznita Mahmood
Date Deposited:	09 Nov 2023 03:41
Last Modified:	09 Nov 2023 03:41
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/1528

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