Cat Flashcards
1
Q
What are some of the essential nutrients the cat requires (animal origin)?
A
- Amino acid Taurine
- Arachidonic acid
- Vitamin A
2
Q
What is the main energy source for cats?
A
- Long chain Fatty Acids
3
Q
What nutrient is not required in a cat diet?
A
- Carbohydrates
4
Q
What is the cats source of carbohydrates?
A
- Glucogenic AA
- Deaminated and converted to Glucose by Gluconeogenesis (Stable/permanent)
5
Q
What is essential in cat nutrition?
A
- Taurine
- Arginine
- Arachidonic acid
- Niacin
- Pyridoxine (Vit. B6)
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin D
- High Protein!
6
Q
Why do cats need Taurine?
A
- Conjugation of Bile Acids
- Cats have an inability to bind Bile Acids with Glycine
- Loss of Taurine by Bile and decreased synthesis
7
Q
Taurine deficiency in cats causes?
A
- Degeneration of retina
- Reproduction disturbances
8
Q
Why do cats need Arginine?
A
- They have an inability to synthesize enough of Ornitine or Citrulline for Arginine synthesis
9
Q
Arganine deficiency in cats causes?
A
- Intoxication
-Without Arginine transformation of Ammonia to Urea is impossible
-Increased Ammonia production in liver
-Increased Ammonia concentation in the blood in less than 1 hour, death in 2-5 hours
10
Q
Why do cats need Arachidonic Acid?
A
- They are unable to synthesize Arachidonic Acid from Linoleic Acid
-Low hepatic activity of Delta-6 desaturase
11
Q
Fat metabolism in cats?
A
- They can digest and utilize high concentration of fat in the diet
12
Q
Why do cats need Niacin?
A
- Due to their inability to transform Tryptophan to Niacin
- Increased activity of catabolic enzymes prevents synthesis of Niacin
- Cats need 4x more than dogs
13
Q
Why does a cat need high Protein in diet?
A
- They are a souce of energy
- Increases the activity of Transaminases = Vit. B6
14
Q
Why do cats need Vitamin A ?
A
- There is a lack of Carotene Dioxygenase in the intestine
- Retinol to Vit. A = Not possible
15
Q
Why do cats need Vitamin D?
A
- The concentration of 7-Dehydrocholesterol in the skin is not sufficient
