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Histidine requirement of kittens for growth, haematopoiesis and prevention of cataracts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Darcy D. Quam ,
James G. Morris  and
Quinton R. Rogers
Darcy D. Quam
Affiliation:
Departments of Animal Science and Physiological Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
James G. Morris
Affiliation:
Departments of Animal Science and Physiological Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
Quinton R. Rogers
Affiliation:
Departments of Animal Science and Physiological Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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1. The histidine requirement of growing kittens was determined from an experiment in which forty-eight kittens were randomly allocated to six amino acid-based diets supplying: 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0 or 4.5 g histidine base/kg diet.

2. By 48 d it was obvious that 1.0 and 1.5 g histidine/kg diet were grossly inadequate so the kittens receiving these two diets were removed from the experiment. The other four groups of kittens continued to receive their diets for a total of 128 d.

3. Mean daily weight gain, nitrogen retention and food intake attained plateau values at 2.1 g histidine/kg diet.

4. Blood samples taken at 25 and 48 d after kittens were given the diets showed a significant effect of dietary histidine on haemoglobin (Hb) concentration. Hb and packed cell volume (PCV) attained asymptotic values at 3.0 g histidine/kg diet at 48 d. At 128 d, kittens consuming diets containing 2.0–4.5 g histidine/kg had similar Hb and PCV values.

5. Cataracts of both eyes were observed in two of nine female kittens which had received diets containing either 2.0 or 2.5 g histidine/kg.

6. A concentration of 3 g histidine/kg diet is recommended as a practical guide for feeding kittens.

7. There was a rectilinear relation (r2 0.99) between the logarithm of the histidine concentration of plasma and the concentrationof histidine in the diet over the range 1.5–3.0 g histidine/kg diet.

Type
General Nutrition papers
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 58 , Issue 3 , November 1987 , pp. 521 - 532
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1987

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