They are not healthy, have no place in
the normal feline diet and cats don't need them.
Not exact matches
The addition of FOS to
feline diets at 0.75 % (DM) did not affect duodenal flora, but it did increase the numbers of lactobacilli and reduce the numbers of E. coli in the fecal flora of healthy cats.24, 25 Healthy German shepherds believed to have bacterial overgrowth were supplemented with FOS at 1.0 % (AF) of their
diet.26 Changes were recognized in the duodenal bacterial flora but these changes were of less magnitude than seen in
normal dogs for these parameters.
************************************************************************************************************* Occasional cats seem to benefit from a
diet containing lower - than -
normal calcium content (about 40 % of NRC
feline recommendations for Calcium) and restricted amounts of vitamin D3.
Vitamins A, D, E and K are essential for regulating metabolism and
normal growth and function in a domestic
feline, and vitamins C and B - complex should also be present in
feline diets.