Description: Pets energy consumption needs can be estimated using metabolic weight.
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Only part of the weight is important for nutrient requirements. It's the metabolic weight. In a food package for dogs or cats, the need for a nutrient can be informed per kg of metabolic weight.
Metabolic weight is calculated as weight 0.75 . Thus, for example small dogs have a proportionally higher metabolic weight than large dogs.
Metabolic weight is only indicative. The amount of energy or nutrient required varies depending, for example, on the activity of a pet. Especially the energy needs of dogs can vary greatly.
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